shuck to remove a shell, pod, or husk.
fallow land plowed but not seeded for one or more growing seasons, to kill weeds, make the soil richer, and so on.
Okie a migratory agricultural worker, forced to migrate from Oklahoma or other areas of the Great Plains because of drought and farm foreclosure in the 1930s.
Jehovites members of a proselytizing Christian sect founded by Charles T. Russell (1852–1916).
exhortation a plea or sermon urging or warning people to do what is required.
feral untamed; wild.
Sam Browne belt a military officer's belt with a diagonal strap across the right shoulder, designed to carry the weight of a pistol or sword.
epaulets shoulder ornaments for certain uniforms, especially military uniforms.
Tehachapi mountain just east of Bakersfield.
heliograph a permanent image formed on a glass plate by an early photographic process.
