A boyhood in the Dust Bowl, 1926-1934:

"Historian Robert Allen Rutland narrates his boyhood in Okemah, Oklahoma (birthplace of Woody Guthrie). Despite living in a hotel (which doubled as the town brothel) and being raised by a step-grandmother, he remembers these hardscrabble Depression years in Okemah as filled with adventure, memo...

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Main Author: Rutland, Robert Allen 1922-2000 (Author)
Other Authors: Harris, Fred R. 1930- (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman University of Oklahoma Press [2022]
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Summary:"Historian Robert Allen Rutland narrates his boyhood in Okemah, Oklahoma (birthplace of Woody Guthrie). Despite living in a hotel (which doubled as the town brothel) and being raised by a step-grandmother, he remembers these hardscrabble Depression years in Okemah as filled with adventure, memorable characters, curiosity, and love
"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.
Physical Description:xvii, 133 Seiten 1 Illustration
ISBN:9780806190730

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