The manuscript of Woody Guthrie’s only finished novel, lost to the public for 65 years, has been brought to light in celebration of his 100th year. Guthrie began writing HOUSE OF EARTH during the Dust Bowl years at the apex of his career as a balladeer and champion for the working class. He didn’t finish it until 1947 and sent it off to Hollywood with the intention of it being turned into a movie. HOUSE OF EARTH portrayed a different view of the hard-scrabble life of the Depression Era, so eloquently portrayed in John Steinbeck’s THE GRAPES OF WRATH, which told the story of people leaving the Dust Bowl in search of th