Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie

Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie - Paperback

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Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie - Paperback

Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie - Paperback

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
$23.71
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by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Author), Mike Davis (Foreword by)

A classic in contemporary Oklahoma literature, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Red Dirt unearths the joys and ordeals of growing up poor during the 1940s and 1950s. In this exquisite rendering of her childhood in rural Oklahoma, from the Dust Bowl days to the end of the Eisenhower era, the author bears witness to a family and community that still cling to the dream of America as a republic of landowners.

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In this exquisite rendering of her childhood in rural Oklahoma, from the Dust Bowl days to the end of the Eisenhower era, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz bears witness to a family and community which still clings to the dream of America as a republic of landowners.

Number of Pages: 248
Dimensions: 0.53 x 8.1 x 5.44 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: February 01, 2006
ISBN9780806137759
Author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2006
LanguageENG- English
Pages248
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, and is the author or editor of many books, including Not "A Nation of Immigrants."Winner of the American Book Award (2015). She lives in San Francisco. Connect with her at reddirtsite.com or on Twitter @rdunbaro.

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