Frisco Okie: Indian Blood Along the Dust Bowl Trail

Remington Cox, a liberal from foggy San Francisco, is way out of his comfort zone in the arid Southwest, dodging heat stroke, lightning, and prickly Republicans. He's on a reverse migration along the Dust Bowl trail, searching for the truth about his Native American ancestors. Armed with an ominous warning from a mystic and a game plan courtesy of couchsurfing.com, Cox shuns the tourist traps for the local haunts. From Flagstaff to Albuquerque, Santa Fe to Taos, and Dallas to Oklahoma City, he hooks up with a mountain man, a bottle-cap artist, and Cherokee, Cheyenne-Arapaho and Tesuque Pueblo Indians. But at the end of the road, it is an 85-year-old relative named Junior who could uncover the secret of Cox's heritage.