Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty

By Phillip Buehler
Designed and edited by Steven Brower
In collaboration with Nora Guthrie and the Woody Guthrie Archives

Through never-before-published letters, historic family photographs, and rare personal interviews, Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty explores the five years Woody spent at Greystone Park State Hospital in New Jersey. Woody was a patient there from 1956 – 1961, in Ward 40 and called it "Wardy Forty." Through contemporary photographs of the now-abandoned hospital, these years are brought to life and provide a mysterious glimpse into a deserted bygone era.

Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty: Greystone Park State Hospital Revisited includes:
- Contemporary color photographs of now-abandoned Greystone Park State Hospital
- Over 30 rare family photographs from Nora Guthrie's personal collection
- Historic, never before seen photographs by photographer John Cohen
- Never-before-published photographs by Guthrie's close friend Bob Gleason
- Personal letters from Guthrie written at Greystone to his family
- Archival documents and writings from the Woody Guthrie Archives
- Rare personal interviews with Marjorie Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Harold Leventhal, and Guthrie's doctors at Greystone.
- Handwritten "Song to Woody" lyric by Bob Dylan
- PDF transcript of The Interviews companion book here

Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Hardcover. 162 pages. 2013.