A Boyhood in the Dust Bowl, 1926-1934

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. This grim scenario frames Robert Rutland’s colorful remembrance of a youth filled with adventure, characters, curiosity, and love.