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A Boyhood in the Dust Bowl, 1926-1934

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Okemah, Oklahoma, where Woody Guthrie once lived and wrote songs, was fighting for its existence in the late 1920s and early 1930s as the oil boom ended, cotton fell to ten cents a pound, and Prohibition was in force. Yet this grim scenario frames Robert Rutland's colorful remembrance of a youth filled with adventure, characters, curiosity, and love. Here is the true story of a little boy who found life full of excitement, wonder, and joy in a small town on the southern plains.
Robert Allen Rutland (1922-2000) was Professor of American History at the University of Virginia and the author of numerous books and articles on early U.S. history. Twice elected to the U.S. Senate from Oklahoma, Fred L. Harris is now Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novel Following the Harvest.
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