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'Will Kaufman has uncovered a massive hidden history, one that none of us can ignore. Get the book, be in the know.' Chuck D
'Will Kaufman has uncovered a massive hidden history, one that none of us can ignore. Get the book, be in the know.' Chuck D
'Essential.' P. D. Sanders, Choice
'The book is very well researched, and is broadly supported by secondary sources … [it] is certainly to be recommended for its masterly presentation of material along with its attention to detail and nuance.' Michael Pickering, Folk Music Journal
Will Kaufman is Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England. He is the author of Woody Guthrie, American Radical (2011), Woody Guthrie's Modern World Blues (2017), and Mapping Woody Guthrie (2019). His other books include The Comedian as Confidence Man (1997), The Civil War in American Culture (2006), American Culture in the 1970s (2009), and co-authored with Ronald D. Cohen, Singing for Peace: Antiwar Songs in American History (2015).