To Be An Okie and Other Poems of the Prairie

Jack Shakely presents a collection of poems about growing up in Oklahoma, traveling the world, and cussing. Accompanied by carefully curated photographs and eclectic illustrations, this book will take any reader on a whimsical and powerful trip into the past.

Jack Shakely is an award-winning author. His novel Che Guevara's Marijuana and Baseball Savings and Loan won the prestigious Oklahoma Book Award in 2014. His novel The Confederate War Bonnet was awarded the gold medal in two categories, historical fiction and mid-west regional fiction, by the National Independent Publishers' Association in 2009.