Background
Norton, Max C. was born on February 20, 1920 in Rigby, Idaho, United States. Son of Robert Leandor and Alice Ida Norton.
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The Alice Saga, Volume II: Nineteen Thirty-three, The Forgotten Man Chronicles returns to the saga of Bob and Alice Norton, who, looking for a new start in the wake of the great farm depression of the 1920s, have settled in the Great Central Valley town of Modesto, California. The burning of the Norton’s home at the site of the great Don Pedro Dam brought personal hardship and disruption to the families of Bob and Alice and their closest relatives, John and Jennie. Volume Two of Norton’s trilogy embraces their struggle to survive as a family amid a society rocked by continuing depression and the rising threat of totalitarianism in Europe. With compelling historical accuracy, Norton portrays the struggles of the poor and displaced in the period leading up to the collapse of the world economy. Epitomized by the closing quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Forgotten Man Address, reminding a generation without hope that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," The Alice Saga, Volume II is a richly engaging novel exploring the responses of a changing society in the face of complex new challenges.
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(The great farm depression of the 1920s brought a mass mig...)
The great farm depression of the 1920s brought a mass migration of bankrupt farmers from the Midwest and mountain states to California. In ''The Alice Saga,'' Max C. Norton artfully blends fact and fiction to portray the lives of these people, who came to the West so full of hope but found that California had problems of its own. Having conducted extensive research on the time period, Norton derives his characters and their plight from memoirs, public documents, news accounts, and oral interviews. The gripping account which results follows the struggles of a handful of these unfortunate farmers. As they work to adjust to a new land and culture, California itself must adapt to a new era of farming. Thanks to irrigation and the Don Pedro Dam, the great ranch lands are giving way to dairy farms, vineyards, and orchards. The experiences of John, Jennie, Bob, and Alice reflect those shared by many others during this chapter of American history. ''The Alice Saga'' brings the drama of these courageous people to life through a richly detailed and engrossing narrative.
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Norton, Max C. was born on February 20, 1920 in Rigby, Idaho, United States. Son of Robert Leandor and Alice Ida Norton.
Associate of Arts, Modesto Junior College, California. Studied, University Pacific, Stockton, California. Bachelor, Stanford University.
Doctor of Philosophy, Denver University.
Emeritus professor California State University, Turlock, since 1985. Member editorial board Institute for General Semantics, San Francisco, 1964.
(The Alice Saga, Volume II: Nineteen Thirty-three, The For...)
(The great farm depression of the 1920s brought a mass mig...)
Member of American Speech Language Hearing Association (life).
Married Adrianna Mae Van Konynenburg. Children: Maxwel V.K., Gale Dirk, Jenni Sahlman.