🌪️ Woody Guthrie & The Dust Bowl Ballads Nick Hayes Graphic Novel 🌪️

WOODY GUTHRIE AND THE DUST BOWL BALLADS IS A FICTIONALIZED BIOGRAPHY OF THE CULTURAL AND POLITICAL AWAKENING OF ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST SONGWRITERS. USING THE SEPIA TONES OF THE DUST BOWL AS HIS PALETTE, AUTHOR AND ARTIST NICK HAYES TELLS THE STORY OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS FOLK MUSICIAN, STARTING IN THE 1920S WHEN GUTHRIE WAS A TEENAGER SUPPORTING HIMSELF IN A DRIED-UP, POST- BOOMTOWN OKLAHOMA. PICKING UP A HARMONICA, AND EVENTUALLY A BATTERED GUITAR, GUTHRIE WAS ABLE TO FIND SOLACE IN THE ANCIENT LINEAGE OF FOLKSONG. HAYES CHARTS THE MUSICIAN'S COURSE FROM OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS TOWNS RAVAGED BY DUST AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO BOXCARS, FACTORY FARMS, AND THE MIGRANT CAMPS OF CALIFORNIA, HIGHLIGHTING GUTHRIE'S DEDICATION TO SINGING AMERICAN FOLK TUNES AND CREATING HIS OWN MODERN CLASSICS ALONG THE WAY. HAYES BRINGS A LEGEND TO LIFE WITH WARMTH, A CRACKLING MORAL FORCE, AND A UNIQUE VISION THAT HONORS ITS SUBJECT AND OLIVES WITH THE TIMES.