Because the price of ___________________ has dropped, Cassie’s father has gone to work for the _______________ in the state of

Because the price of cotton has dropped, Cassie’s father has gone to work for the railroad in the state of Lousianna.

In 1930 the price of cotton dropped. And so, in the spring of 1931, Papa set out looking for work, going as far north as Memphis and as far south as the Delta country. He had gone west too, into Louisiana. It was there he found work laying track for the railroad. He worked the remainder of the year away from us, not returning until the deep winter when the ground was cold and barren. The following spring after the planting was finished, he did the same. Now it was 1933, and Papa was again in Louisiana laying track.