The Four Winds

by Kristin Hannah

“So, we’re slaves.” “Workers. The lucky ones, I’d say.” “Would you?” “Have you seen the way folks live out by the ditch bank?” “Yes,” Elsa said. “I’ve seen it.”

“A man can’t feed his family on one cent for every pound of cotton he picks. You know it and you’re scared. You should be scared. You kick a dog long enough, he’s going to bite,” Jack said. Two policemen rushed in. One of them grabbed Jack and hauled him away.

thought you commies hated everything in America.” “Not at all,” he said solemnly. “We agree with the New Deal. We believe in justice and fair wages and equal opportunity for all, not just the rich. Communism is really just the new Americanism;