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  <name><![CDATA[Peter La Chapelle]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Proud to Be an Okie&lt;/i&gt; is listed in the &lt;i&gt;Kansas City Star&lt;/i&gt;'s TOP 100 BOOKS of the YEAR&lt;/b&gt;.  Visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780520248892-0&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Powell’s&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Proud-Okie-Migration-California-Crossroads/dp/0520248899/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Amazon&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; entries for the the book here.  Or order directly from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10311.html&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;University of California Press&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;b&gt;&quot;&lt;i&gt;Proud to Be an Okie&lt;/i&gt; is the &lt;u&gt;most important volume&lt;/u&gt; of country music history to emerge in &lt;i&gt;years&lt;/i&gt;.&quot; --&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nodepression.net/newissue.html&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;No Depression&lt;/i&gt; magazine&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;b&gt;&quot;thoroughly researched, insightful. . . a lively and fascinating portrait of migrant culture and its assimilation into the mainstream&lt;/b&gt;, with country music as its soundtrack&lt;b&gt;.&quot;&lt;/b&gt; --HARP Magazine http://www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/book_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=6297

&lt;b&gt;&quot;&lt;b&gt;convincing&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;thought provoking&lt;/b&gt;. . . It is satisfying to discover that a detailed, scholarly work about this comprehensive subject can be so &lt;b&gt;readable&lt;/b&gt;, because &lt;b&gt;here is a work worth reading&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Highly recommended.&quot; --&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sing Out!&lt;/i&gt; magazine (click for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-168918630.html&quot;&gt;full review&lt;/a&gt;)

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  <title><![CDATA[Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California]]></title>
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