Red Dirt Growing Up Okie

"There is probably no one better suited to [write this book] than Dunbar-Ortiz, who is both a trained historian and a gifted writer [and] her own family tree has roots deep in the fertile and fetid soil of rural America....There are many qualities to praise in 'Red Dirt': its masterful evocation of a time and place, its telling details of both the pain and beauty of rural life, its straightforward yet elegant prose."Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne is the author of 'Red Dirt Growing Up Okie', published 2006 under ISBN 9780806137759 and ISBN 0806137754.