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Description edit
In this outstanding work, Michael Wallis magnificently recreates the vanished, impoverished world of Dustbowl America that has not been as poignantly rendered in prose since John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath . Wallis evokes the hard times of the era of Steinbeck as he follows the life of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Walter Floyd: Add a description of this character.
- George Birdwell
- Beulah
- Dempsey
- Adam Richetti
- Nash
- Akins
- Mamie Floyd
- Miller
- Jesse James
- Bradley
- Adams
- Purvis
- Killingsworth
- Callahan
- Henry Starr
- Kelley
- Smith
- Ruby
- Spencer
- Walker
- Dillinger
- Bixby
- Bessie
- Wilson
- Frank
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Murray
- Ruth
- Parker
- Brown
- Pendergast
- Mary
- Charles
- Boy Floyd
- Boley
- Walton
- Fultz
- Bailey
Setting & Locations edit
- Oklahoma City
- Kansas City Massacre
- Missouri
- Georgia
- Sallisaw
- Tulsa
- Ohio
- St. Louis
- Charley Floyd
- Earlsboro
- Wichita
- America
- Texas
- United States
- Arkansas
- Akron
- New York
- Washington
- Chicago
- Sequoyah County
- Atlanta
- Toledo
- Muskogee
- Springfield
- Jefferson City
- Kentucky
- Jeff City
- Sylvania
- Choc Floyd
- D.c.
- Coffeyville
- Union Station
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Indiana
- Lansing
- Buffalo
- Wewoka
- East Liverpool
- Wellsville
- Columbia
- Midwest
- Shawnee
- Adairsville
- Michigan
First Sentence edit
CHARLES ARTHUR FLOYD came squalling into the world on his family's farm at the midpoint of the winter season.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Wallis (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 364.1092
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