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Al should've kept his mouth shut about Tom killing a man

The scenes in all the Hoovervilles are so sad

All the men swear so casually in this book. It couldn't've been like that back then....was it?

Aaaaaand another one bites the dust. Granma. So the family is down by three, not counting the dog

Tehachapi made a brief appearance!

I plumb forgot who Noah was. And now he's gone and left the fambly, gone off on his own. Ma isn't gonna be happy

I wonder if California's population boomed as a result of this migration?

The ragged man coming back from California is a cautionary tale. The family should've never gone

~ For man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

I don't remember Grampa dying this early. But I guess he got his wish. He died before even crossing the border of Oklahoma