This is the story of the more than one million Oklahomans, Arkansans, Texans, and Misourians who settled in California during the economically depressed 1930s and the war-boom 1940s. Not just a conventional account of hardship and economic recovery, this is a finely screened cultural exploration that brings to light the migrants' impact on California's political, religious, and recreational institutions.

This is the story of the more than one million Oklahomans, Arkansans, Texans, and Misourians who settled in California during the economically depressed 1930s and the war-boom 1940s. Not just a conventional account of hardship and economic recovery, this is a finely screened cultural exploration that brings to light the migrants' impact on California's political, religious, and recreational institutions.

This is the story of the more than one million Oklahomans, Arkansans, Texans, and Misourians who settled in California during the economically depressed 1930s and the war-boom 1940s. Not just a conventional account of hardship and economic recovery, this is a finely screened cultural exploration that brings to light the migrants' impact on California's political, religious, and recreational institutions.