Sanora Babb wrote a novel, but her idea was taken by John Steinbeck, and now you've never heard of her. This book is Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb, and her story is incredible. But you’ve never heard her story because of John Steinbeck

So, today I want to tell you a story that’s a hundred years in the making – a story that’s amazing and surprising and funny and humbling and awe-inspiring and tragic.

I want to tell you the story of Sanora Babb.


* Sources *
---"On the Dirty Plate Trail: Remembering the Dust Bowl Refugee Camps" written by Sanora Babb, ed. Douglas Wixson, photography Dorothy Babb
---"Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius" Lawrence Jackson
---Sanora Babb Website: http://www.sanorababb.com/index.htm
---Harry Ransom Center Collection: https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearc...

* Art: *
---all illustrations by Aud McName (@audmcname), http://audmcname.com
---photos from the Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas at Austin) Collection
---other photos from Photogrammer (a collection of digitized historical photographs) https://www.photogrammar.org/

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---On the Dirty Plate Trail (letters and notes): https://amzn.to/3k2cFmJ

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