The Golden Thread, Colin Meloy
The Golden Thread, Colin Meloy
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The Golden Thread
A Song for Pete Seeger

Author: Colin Meloy

Narrator: Colin Meloy

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Storytide

Published: 04/17/2018

Synopsis

With dazzling, lyrical verse in the folk revival style, Colin Meloy pays tribute to Pete Seeger, a visionary who changed the world with song.Pete Seeger once sang that if he had a golden thread, he would use it to weave people from all over the world to one another. That golden thread, for Pete, was music.Born into a family of traveling musicians, Pete picked up his first instrument at age seven. From then on, music was his life, whether he was playing banjo for soldiers during World War II, rallying civil rights activists and war protesters with songs such as “We Shall Overcome,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?,” and “If I Had a Hammer,” or leading environmental efforts to clean up the Hudson River.For decades, Pete Seeger’s messages of universal understanding and social and environmental justice inspired generations—and have left a lasting legacy.

About Colin Meloy

Colin Meloy is the author of The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid and the New York Times bestselling Wildwood Chronicles as well as two picture books, The Golden Thread: A Song for Pete Seeger and Everyone’s Awake. He is also the singer and songwriter for the indie rock band the Decemberists. Colin lives in Oregon with his wife and frequent collaborator, illustrator Carson Ellis, and their sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon

The life of Pete Seeger through a song written by Colin Meloy (The Decemberists) - what a gem of a book! So important to introduce young children to people like Pete Seeger - now more than ever! Music seems so commercialized today - and there are people out there doing 'things' that get defined as m......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

I got excited when I read the author’s and illustrator’s bios section on the inside back cover of the book, before I read the book, and saw what personal ties they each had to Pete Seeger. Even though they were transient, I felt thrilled. I was fortunate to have seen Pete Seeger in concert many, man......more

Goodreads review by Jonfaith

This thread was a lifeline, a rueful gift giver A thing that entwines us, a deep winding river This was an unexpected birthday gift from a coworker. That was sweet. The lady in question didn't know of Colin Meloy but rather my lifelong interest in Seeger and others in his constellation: Guthrie, Bragg......more

Goodreads review by Dave

Here's Pete Seeger singing "If I had A Hammer" in 1956: [URL not allowed] Colin Meloy is the lead guitarist of The Decembrists and author of several books, This one, a book for kids 4-8, begins with a brag, that he once sang on the stage with Pete Seeger, but this would not be u......more

Goodreads review by Peter

It was serendipitous that Reed and Amanda🐼 got me this book this year. 2019 would have been Pete Seeger's 100th birthday. This book is a beautiful tribute to a great musician and teacher. Seeger's songs are simple but their messages are profound. He was also at the epicenter of the folk music reviva......more

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