jdj
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Wed Apr-06-05 11:37 PM
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I just read that Woody Guthrie's mother was a pyromaniac. |
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I'm so bowled over by this I just can't get over it. She set his Dad on fire, which she eventually got put away for in a mental institution. His fourteen year old sister died of 3rd degree burns all over her torso, legend has it the sister set herself on fire while she and the mom were arguing, but I don't buy it given the mother's history. They couldn't find Woody's infant brother George one day, and he was eventually found wrapped in newspapers in the oven.
I'ts amazing to me someone can come from such a past and still contribute such great things to society. (oh, this is all from his bio I am reading).
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