Sand and the River is the story of the Gage family of Oklahoma, taking place largely in the 20's and 30's. Oklahoma, not long a state, was booming. Oil wells were popping up in many areas of the state. Towns that had existed only as small farming communities or had not existed at all were suddenly bustling cities. Many of the large--huge?--oil companies that were familiar names in America for most of the twentieth century got their starts in the Oklahoma...