How Long to Read American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California

How Long Does it Take to Read American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California by James N. Gregory

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Fifty years ago, John Steinbeck's now classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, captured the epic story of an Oklahoma farm family driven west to California by dust storms, drought, and economic hardship. It was a story that generations of Americans have also come to know through Dorothea Lange's unforgettable photos of migrant families struggling to make a living in Depression-torn California. Now in James N. Gregory's pathbreaking American Exodus, there is at last an historical study that moves beyond the fiction and the photographs to uncover the full meaning of these events. American Exodus takes us back to the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and the war boom influx of the 1940s to explore the experiences of the more than one million Oklahomans, Arkansans, Texans, and Missourians who sought opportunities in California. Gregory reaches into the migrants' lives to reveal not only their economic trials but also their impact on California's culture and society. He traces the development of an "Okie subculture" that over the years has grown into an essential element in California's cultural landscape. The consequences, however, reach far beyond California. The Dust Bowl migration was part of a larger heartland diaspora that has sent millions of Southerners and rural Midwesterners to the nation's northern and western industrial perimeter. American Exodus is the first book to examine the cultural implications of that massive 20th-century population shift. In this rich account of the experiences and impact of these migrant heartlanders, Gregory fills an important gap in recent American social history.

How long is American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California?

American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California by James N. Gregory is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California aloud.

What Reading Level is American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California?

American Exodus : The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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