10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OAKIES»
Discover the use of
oakies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
oakies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sterling A. Brown's A Negro Looks at the South
Those Arkies and Oakies are despised by the West Coasters. They never call
Negroes Arkies and Oakies, though. When the Bay Area opened, and wages
were five or six dollars a day, there wasn't any strong union. The Arkies and
Oakies, ...
John Edgar Tidwell Associate Professor of English University of Kansas, Mark A. Sanders Associate Professor of English Emory University, 2007
2
Legacy: A Story of Hope for a Time of Environmental Crisis
“When the Oakies came to California in huge numbers in the 1940s and there
was so little work to be had, they were in camps too, just like the homeless of
today. There were terrible battles over enrolling the Oakies' children in the
regular ...
and. Overalled. Oakies. Make. Metropolitan. Maestri. Feed. 'Em. Down. Home.
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OAKIES by Roberta Kalechofsky Oakies was published in October, 1973, but
received only three reviews, although the collection had won the 1971 Joseph
Henry Jackson Award. It is now being re-issued by Sew West Publications, to our
...
5
The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the ...
... or Arkie songs, or just plain old songs of the Migratious Trail," he writes in
Direction; "I looked into the lost and hungry faces of several hundred thousand
Oakies, Arkies, Texies, Mexies, Chinees, Japees, Dixies, and even a lot of New
Yorkies ...
6
Heartbreak and Rage: Ten Years Under Sun Myung Moon
This was noted with quiet disapproval by the "Oakies", since we were
accustomed to the well-maintained mansions of Berkeley and San Francisco.
Together with the L.A. Family members, we set about the task of scrubbing and
scouring the ...
7
Chicano Narrative: The Dialectics of Difference
In a town where "there were only three kinds of people: Mexicans, Oakies and
Americans. Catholics, Holy Rollers and Protestants. Peach pickers, cannery
workers and clerks" (96), Acosta must accept his contradictory niche as "a fat,
dark ...
8
John Ford: A Bio-bibliography
COMMENTARY: Filmed October 4-November 16, 1939. Location shooting near
Needles, Tustin, and Chatsworth. California, and (along the Oakies' route west) in
Oklahoma, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico. Second unit director Otto Brower ...
9
The Way We Really Were: The Golden State in the Second Great War
Woody Herman had numerous requests for "Fort Worth Jail," while Eddie Miller
had difficulty meeting the demand, although he began working up arrangements
"with a Texas- Oklahoma flavor to please the dancing Oakies here who expect ...
10
Integrating Young Adult Literature Through the Common Core ...
To introduce this poem, we will review the historical texts we read earlier and the
images we have studied, especially relating to the Oakies and other migrants;
this will help students draw connections between the materials presented in
these ...
Rachel L. Wadham, Jonathan W. Ostenson, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OAKIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
oakies is used in the context of the following news items.
Return of Stanley Blues Festival
This year, the festival, at Oakies Park on August 30, is being paid for with help from a £15,000 grant from the town council, which has also organised a range of ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
New York City, Juventus confirm Andrea Pirlo signing (UPDATES)
That's right, ye Railers, ye Ladies in Blue, Oakies, Brown Baggers, ye Templados, and everyone in between: the Pirlo Party is officially coming ... «Hudson River Blue, Jul 15»
What's For Dinner? Frito Pie
At that point, I thought the Oakies had really lost any common sense. Well, enough said about my first impressions. I turned out to love ... «Pike County News Watchman, Jun 15»
Instrumental music label Sundazed RFD brings the beat of Music City
After capturing Martin's version of Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies' 1969 ode to a long, cool larvae, "Groovy Grubworm," Irwin turned to other ... «Nashville Scene, Jun 15»
Oklahomans feel call to arms after Charleston shooting
THE TREND IS NOTHING NOTHING AND OAKIES FEEL A CALL TO ACTION. WE'RE JUST UNDER 20%. I SPOKE WITH OTHER LOCAL ... «KOCO Oklahoma City, Jun 15»
Oakcrest grads urged to move beyond comfort zones
With interests in entrepreneurship, she aims to study at the institution's McIntire School of Commerce. She is one of four “Oakies” to be leaving ... «Inside NoVA, Jun 15»
Clevedon's Marine Lake campaigners plan a lottery launch to help …
Bands set to play the festival include the Scaramanga Six, Swamp Grass, Clevedon group the Oakies and Tides – whose trumpeter Tom Knott ... «Bristol Post, Jun 15»
The Future is in the Past: Economics 101 for Spokane
Many faced “Oakies Go Home — California Doesn't Want You” signs and physical roadblocks manned by sheriff deputies. Bunting sees a city's ... «Dissident Voice, May 15»
Greg Cote's Mock Draft: WR DeVante Parker to Dolphins! Well, I …
... QB Derek Carr alone makes this a logical pick, although Oakies would happily “settle” for Williams if Jax grabs Cooper, a possibility. SUPER ... «Miami Herald, Apr 15»
Op-Ed: From Dust Bowl to Nob Hill, a San Francisco socialite …
She does mention how "the Oakies" were treated when they migrated to California. That to me was also reminiscent of Steinbeck's novel. «Digital Journal, Mar 15»
