Shortly after September 11, 2001, a small, heavy package wrapped in brown paper arrived in the mail at the Woody Guthrie Archives in New York City. Inside was a mess of wires.
Woody Guthrie was an American folk singer and songwriter, known for songs like “This Land is Your Land,” “Pretty Boy Floyd,” and “Hard, Ain’t It Hard.”
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