Pete Seeger in His Own Words

<p>Long an icon of American musical and political life Pete Seeger has written eloquently in a diverse array of publications but nowhere is his life story more personally chronicled than in these his private writings documents and letters stored for decades in his family barn. <em>Pete Seeger: His Life in His Own Words</em> collects Seeger's letters notes published articles rough drafts stories and poetry - creating the most intimate picture yet available of Seeger as a musician an activist and a family man. The book covers the passions personalities and experiences of a lifetime of struggle - from the pre-WWII labour movement and the Communist Party to Woody Guthrie the Civil Rights movement and the struggle against the war in Vietnam. The portrait that emerges is not of a saint but a flesh-and-blood man struggling to understand his time and his place.</p>