Otis L. Graham

University of California, Santa Barbara. Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies

An engaging and well researched exploration of the region's viticultural and wine making evolution from Mission days to present.

The Story of the Santa Barbara County Wine Industry

Aged in Oak

Roger Daniels

Herbert Horatio "Poppy" Blackwell was once a daring aviator, illustrious movie producer, and brilliant businessman. A Howard Hughes-like mogul, Poppy has become a recluse with paralyzing fears of infection. Cloistered in the penthouse high above his desert gambling empire, Poppy's maids and footmen and lawyers and physicians cater to his eccentric, paranoid demands. Herman Q. Louse is Poppy's valet, whose primary duty is administering Poppy's "medication," near-lethal injections of heroin. Louse is just one of the indentured servants who work off their debt accrued at Poppy's casino. To ensure absolute cooperation and loyalty, their long-term memory has been erased and every action is watched by video cameras. But as Louse goes about his carefully monitored business, he becomes aware of a growing conspiracy against Poppy, forcing him to act as Poppy's unlikely protector-that is, until accusations begin to circulate about Louse. Dark, disturbing, yet acerbically funny, Louse is an unforgettable tale by a terrifically imaginative new writer.

Debating American Immigration, 1882--present

Otis L. Graham, Jr.

Large scale immigration, much of it illegal, continues to carry the nation toward a more crowded, resource constrained, and more socially fragmented future.

Otis L. Graham

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