Join us in welcoming historian, author, and Ventura native Bill Lascher for a reading and signing of his latest book, The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees.

In February 1936, Los Angeles police officers drove hundreds of miles to California's state borders with one mission: turn back anyone deemed too poor to enter. The Golden Fortress tells the story of an audacious deployment of hand-picked armed police slamming California's door on America's Dust Bowl refugees and Depression-displaced migrants, underscoring the decades-long fight over who can access the American Dream.

Books are available to pre-order online here or in the shop. To RSVP, please email books@timbrebooks.com.