American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California

 

American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California
American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California
by Authors: James N. Gregory
Released: September, 1991
ISBN: 0195071360
Paperback

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American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California > Customer Review #1:
The Last Frontiersmen

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.

American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California > Customer Review #2:
A great companion to Grapes of Wrath

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 Gregorys description of the way these poor south-westerners struggled with poverty and at the same time maintained family unity and cultural pride, Steinbecks 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!

American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California > Customer Review #3:
American Exodus: Okies in California How They Really Were

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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