Grown-Up Anger Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie a Historic Tragedy by Daniel Wolff Book

A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual bio of two of the greatest songwriters, Dylan & Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations & socialism, big business & greed in 20th century America woven together in one epic saga When 13-year-old Daniel Wolff first heard Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone, it ignited a life-long interest in understanding the rock poet's anger. He later discovered Song to Woody, Dylan's tribute to his hero, Woody Guthrie, Wolff believed he'd uncovered one source of Dylan's rage. Sifting through Guthrie's recordings, Wolff found 1913 Massacre--a song which told the story of a union Christmas party during a strike in Calumet, Michigan, in 1913 that ended in horrific tragedy. Following the trail from Dylan to Guthrie to an event that claimed the lives of seventy-four men, women, & children a century ago, Wolff found himself tracing the history of an anger that has been passed down for decades. From America's early industrialized days, an epic battle to determine the country's direction has been waged, pitting bosses against workers & big business against the labor movement. Wolff braids three disparate strands; Calumet, Guthrie, & Dylan--together to create a devastating revisionist history of 20th century America. Grown-Up Anger chronicles the struggles between the haves and have-nots. Pre-Owned, Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie & the Calumet tragedy. Hardcover