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Rising in the West: The True Story of an 'Okie' Family from the Great Depression Through the Reagan Years.(Brief Article)
RISING IN THE WEST: The True Story of an "Okie" Family from the Great Depression Through the Reagan Years Dan Morgan. Knopf, $25 ISBN 0-394-57453-2
This deft, often spellbinding true story of the westward migration and upward mobility of an American farming family follows the plucky Tathums as they stagger across the 1930s American landscape from one hardscrabble hamlet to the next until reaching "Californy." In Fresno, they clamber up the social ladder--picking grapes, selling potatoes and furniture--managing to rise surprisingly high. Washington Post …
