Ray Raphael is my hero. He has written several books about Humboldt County History and has included my beloved Whitethorn in his book, An Everyday History of Somewhere. This book was awarded the best book of the year, about California, by the Commonwealth Club.
Another interesting book by Raphael is Cash Crop An American Dream. This book delineates the history of the back-to-the-landers, who came to Whitethorn and other California backwoods in the 1970s, to realize their dreams of living on the land. Finding that the soil in the backwoods grew nothing so well as poison oak, they began growing marijuana. Raphael gives an objective documentary as told to him by the growers.
Copyright 2009 Sharon Porter Moxley
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