A vivid, firsthand account of the migrations, immigrant camps, and labor organizing of displaced Midwestern farmers during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, illustrated with striking photographs.
Sanora Babb (1907-2005) became an acclaimed short story writer, poet, and author of three novels. Dorothy Babb (1909-1995) frequently collaborated with Sanora in her work.
Douglas Wixson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is the author of Worker-Writer in America: Jack Conroy and the Tradition of Midwestern Literary Radicalism, 1898-1990. He currently lives in Austin, Texas.
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