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Title: American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California by James N. Gregory ISBN: 0-19-507136-0 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Last Frontiersmen
Comment: Overall a good study of the last great westward folk migration in American history. I would add that many of their predecessors in the "classic" frontier period were just as broke and hungry as these migrants, but there was little mass media around to record them. An interesting, well-done slice of folk Americana.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great companion to Grapes of Wrath
Comment: James Gregory has put together a outstanding history of the migration and culture of the dust bowl migrants who settled in California. I have probably read Grapes of Wrath four or five times since first reading it in high school, but after reading Gregory's description of the way these poor south-westerners struggled with poverty and at the same time maintained family unity and cultural pride, Steinbeck's book takes on a whole new meaning. Gregory goes step by step to show what motivated many to move, and then what motivated them to stay even though they suffered great privations and predjudice. I especially enjoyed learning about the influences of country music not just upon the migrants, but on the entire nation. A must read to make Grapes more clear!
Rating: 4
Summary: American Exodus: Okies in California How They Really Were
Comment: I thought that this was a good book. I read it for a history course on the Great Depression and it was definately worth reading. It can get a little bogged down in detail or a little dull ocassionally, but overall it is a good view of "okie culture". It really helped be to understand the diversity and impact of the migration. And it contains a few interesting personal stories as well!
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Title: If He Hollers Let Him Go: A Novel by Chester Himes ISBN: 1560254459 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (OXFORD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES) by David M. Kennedy ISBN: 0195144031 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Couglin and the Great Depression by Alan Brinkley ISBN: 0394716280 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 August, 1983 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley ISBN: 0517880946 Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II (Critical Issue) by Roger Daniels, Eric Foner ISBN: 0809015536 Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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