Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Haymarket (Paperback))

Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Haymarket (Paperback))

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Now a professor of ethnic studies in California, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz turns her eye back to her own roots as a "Dust Bowl Baby" in rural Oklahoma. In telling the story of her family and their hardships in the Depression, Dunbar-Ortiz introduces the reader to some fascinating characters who are certainly not the "white trash" caricatures of popular belief. Interspersed well with her own story are historical facts that give depth to the narrative and correct popular misconceptions about "Okies" (some of which were popularized by John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath). --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Los Angeles Times
Dunbar-Ortiz's most important achievement is to put class back on the rural map where it belongs.

Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Haymarket (Paperback))

Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Haymarket (Paperback)),Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz,Rozanne Dunbar-Oritz,Verso,1859841627,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,California,College teachers,Historical - U.S.,Oklahoma,Politics/International Relations,Regional Subjects - Midwest,Rural poor,Social conditions,Whites

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