A Boyhood in the Dust Bowl, 1926-1934

by Robert Allen Rutland

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806190736
• ISBN13: 9780806190730
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"