A spirited and Intimate look at American icon and activist Pete Seeger.
He lives with his wife and son in New York City..
Kennedy Book Award.
His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lyndhurst Prize, and a Robert F.
He has published eight other books--two memoirs, two collections of essays, two biographical portraits, and two pieces of reporting.
Before that, he was a policeman in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and before that a rock-and-roll musician.
About the Author: Alec Wilkinson began writing for The New Yorker in 1980.
The gigantic life captured in this slender volume is truly an American anthem.
Martin Luther King in Selma, standing up to Mc Carthyism, and fighting for his beloved Hudson River.
And finally, Seeger the man marching with the Rev.
We see Seeger as a child, instilled with a love of music by his parents; as a teenager, hearing real folk music for the first time; as a young adult, singing with Woody Guthrie.
Drawing on his extensive talks with Seeger, Alec Wilkinson delivers a first hand look at Seeger\'s unique blend of independence and commitment, charm, courage, energy, and belief in human equality and American democracy.
Throughout his life, Pete Seeger transformed a classic American musical style into a form of peaceful Protest against war, segregation, and nuclear weapons.
A spirited and Intimate look at American icon and activist Pete Seeger
