Pete Seeger was an American folk musician and social activist whose
outspoken songs about freedom and justice got him blacklisted from radio
and TV for years.
Pete Seeger was still singing and playing the banjo for tens of
thousands of fans even when he was at the age of ninety-four. Born in
New York City on May 3, 1919, Pete came from a family of musicians.
Despite writing and singing folk songs that all of America knows, not
many kids know his name. Why? Because his ties to the Communist Party
got him banned from radio and television for many years! Well-known for
his civil rights activism with Martin Luther King Jr., Seeger also
spearheaded efforts that cleaned up the Hudson River and made it
beautiful again. His best-known songs include Where Have All the Flowers
Gone?, If I Had a Hammer and Turn, Turn, Turn.
In this easy-to-read biography from the New York Times best-selling
series, Pete Seeger is revealed as not just a performer but as a
champion for a better world and the eighty illustrations contained in
the book help bring his story to life.