{"product_id":"house-of-earth","title":"House of Earth","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/h1\u003eWoody Guthrie,Woody Guthrie\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003eOctober 22 2013\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780062248404\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0062248405\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eFinished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, \u003cem\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is legendary folk singer and American icon Woody Guthrie's only finished novel. A powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, it's the story of an ordinary couple's dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTike and Ella May Hamlin are struggling to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself--fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story of rural realism and progressive activism, and in many ways a companion piece to Guthrie's folk anthem \"This Land Is Your Land,\" \u003cem\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing portrait of hardship and hope set against a ravaged landscape. Combining the moral urgency and narrative drive of John Steinbeck with the erotic frankness of D. H. Lawrence, here is a powerful tale of America from one of our greatest artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essay by bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp introduce \u003cem\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, the inaugural title in Depp's imprint at HarperCollins, Infinitum Nihil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390916821037,"sku":"WHS-526fa764df394f4dab0591007e236d76","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_5871ffee-8183-4d21-8722-8ebc6feff90f.jpg?v=1787349218","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/house-of-earth","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}