Seeds of man: An experience lived and dreamed

Seeds of Man is based on Woody Guthries adventurous 1931 trip through Texas. Nineteen-year-old Woody accompanied by family members drives from Pampa in the Panhandle to the rugged Big Bend country in a wheezing Model-T Ford truck. They are searching for a silver mine that Uncle Jeff had discovered and then lost. This autobiographical novel originally published in 1976nearly ten years after Woody Guthries deathshows how his fathers search for riches was a dead-end street. The characters dare and do drink Papas high-proof whiskey eat out of cans meet real characters make love and sing the lively songs composed by Woody along the way.