{"product_id":"house-of-earth","title":"House of Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, \u003cem\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is legendary folk singer and American icon Woody Guthrie's only finished novel. A powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, it's the story of an ordinary couple's dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTike and Ella May Hamlin are struggling to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself--fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story of rural realism and progressive activism, and in many ways a companion piece to Guthrie's folk anthem \"This Land Is Your Land,\" \u003cem\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing portrait of hardship and hope set against a ravaged landscape. Combining the moral urgency and narrative drive of John Steinbeck with the erotic frankness of D. H. Lawrence, here is a powerful tale of America from one of our greatest artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essay by bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp introduce \u003cem\u003eHouse of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, the inaugural title in Depp's imprint at HarperCollins, Infinitum Nihil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67618095071475,"sku":"9780062248404","price":28.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/7432\/5312\/files\/imageloader_c81b68e5-171d-453f-a401-d075abd87897.jpg?v=1790870574","url":"https:\/\/letterpressplay.com\/en-ca\/products\/house-of-earth","provider":"Letterpress PLAY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}