AMERICA'S BEST-LOVED COMMIE; Even a Radical Can Become a National Treasure. Just Ask Pete Seeger. From: The Washington Post | Date: December 4, 1994| Author: Marc Fisher | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Here, in Pete Seeger's warm nest deep in the woods above the Hudson River, you can find the Seeger you require.

If you grew up on Woody Guthrie, sang along with and without Mitch Miller, subjected your kids to "Tzena, Tzena" till they sought sanctuary in the Rolling Stones, here's your Pete: Lanky and strong at 75, he bounds up a muddy hillside, splits logs, tells tales about cleaning up his river. He looks up from his Granny Smith apple and suddenly those clear, rich pipes open up...

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