Wild Oats is Huffman's honest recollection, observations and impressions of Avenal and the colorful folks he knew before, during and after WW2. An insightful look at this small California oil town's culture.
With the book, you get a personal time capsule of a small place in the history of a very special California valley town, told in the author's voice and in the age and attitude of those distant times. These are glimpses of some of his boyhood experiences, during the brightest bloom in a young Avenal. A timeline details events in Avenal's historic birth.