An Okie’s story September 14, 2006
Posted by Ron in Books, History.trackback
Betty Henshaw and her family once lived in Hominy, Okla., where they picked cotton. In 1947, the family pulled up stakes and drove west on Route 66 to find a better living in California — as many other Okies did.
Henshaw recalled her memories in a manuscript, which was quickly picked up by Texas Tech University and published. The title of the book is “Children of the Dust: An Okie Family Story.”
The Mail Tribune in Jackson County, Ore., has Henshaw’s story.
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