{"product_id":"house-of-earth-a-novel-isbn-9780062248398","title":"House of Earth: A Novel","description":"\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 | \u003cp\u003eFinished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, \u003cem\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is Woody Guthrie's only fully realized novel—a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, filled with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his songs a part of our national consciousness. It is the story of an ordinary couple's dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTike and Ella May Hamlin struggle 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough they are one with the farm and with each other, the land on which Tike and Ella May live and work is not theirs. Due to larger forces beyond their control—including ranching conglomerates and banks—their adobe house remains painfully out of reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“With dialogue riche in ‘hillbilly’ vernacular and a story steeped in folk traditions, Guthrie’s drought-burdened, dust-blown landscape swirls with life…His heritage as folksinger, artist, and observer of West Texas strife lives on through these distinct pages infused with the author’s wit, personality, and dedication to Americana.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Guthrie’s straight forward depiction of his raw rural characters are reminiscent of not any of his fellow Americans so much as they are of Mikhail Sholokhov.  The folksy, incantatory exuberance is all Guthrie…An entertainment -- and an achievement even more than a curiosity, yet another facet of Guthrie’s multiplex talents.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What a combo! Johnny Depp and Woody Guthrie…This belongs on a shelf alongside Steinbeck’s \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e,…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Guthrie demonstrates an easy facility with language and the words of the people of the Great Plains. The opening lines strike a note of simple poetry…\u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e will certainly be essential reading for Woody Guthrie fans.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The style of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is strange and lyrical…\u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e becomes an invaluable addition to the literature of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, one with an eerie relevance in today’s America.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is an artifact, of course, but so is any buried treasure…\u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is well constructed, like a good song or house should be, but it’s also a bit flawed and unruly, exactly the way American literature has always been.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With Guthrie’s ear for language and eye for human passions, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and poetic story about struggle that still rings true today. Its revival is welcome.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Powerful…Happily, many good things happened, and the book is finally with us.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry McMurtry, New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Its voice is powerful, and to read it is to find kinship with an era whose angers and credulities still seem timely…There is a surprising electricity in \u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Told in the unmistakable vernacular of Woody, at once earthy and erudite, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is less a novel than an extended prose poem interrupted by healthy smatterings of folksy dialogue.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Almost more a prose poem than a novel, this is an impassioned tirade against agribusiness and capitalism. Like Guthrie’s songs, the novel presents concerns of the Everyman…readers who appreciate Jon Steinbeck and Erskine Caldwell, as well as fans of Guthrie’s music, will want to reach for this folksy novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is so alive it is hard to realize that its author has been gone for 45 years….Stark, original, brutal in spots, lyrical in others, often very funny.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book is an eccentric hymn to the everythingness of everything, a sort of hillbilly \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e…it offers intimate, often startling access to the peculiar intellect and capacious soul of a 20th-century icon.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A heartfelt story about grinding poverty …This novel, more than a curiosity, is both welcome and timely.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888162926821,"sku":"NP9780062248398","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062248398.jpg?v=1730228302","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/house-of-earth-a-novel-isbn-9780062248398","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}