Children Of The Dust Bowl The True Story Of The School At Weedpatch Camp
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Children of the Dust Bowl The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
Author | : Jerry Stanley |
Publsiher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2014-11-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780307792471 |
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Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ostracized as "dumb Okies," the children of Dust Bowl migrant laborers went without school--until Superintendent Leo Hart and 50 Okie kids built their own school in a nearby field.
Voices of the Dust Bowl
Author | : Sherry Garland |
Publsiher | : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2012-03-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1589809645 |
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Voices from those who lived through the largest environmental catastrophe in American history. From 1931 to 1940, a combination of drought and soil erosion destroyed the fragile ecology and economy of the Great Plains. Evocative illustrations accompany poignant testimonies, including those of a farmer's wife, a banker, and a child who had never seen rain, to provide an emotionally charged account.
Born and Bred in the Great Depression
Author | : Jonah Winter |
Publsiher | : Schwartz & Wade |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 2011-10-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780375983856 |
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East Texas, the 1930s—the Great Depression. Award-winning author Jonah Winter's father grew up with seven siblings in a tiny house on the edge of town. In this picture book, Winter shares his family history in a lyrical text that is clear, honest, and utterly accessible to young readers, accompanied by Kimberly Bulcken Root's rich, gorgeous illustrations. Here is a celebration of family and of making do with what you have—a wonderful classroom book that's also perfect for children and parents to share.
Hoping for Rain
Author | : Kate Connell |
Publsiher | : I Am American |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0792269039 |
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Illustrated text, letters, and diary excerpts follow the fictional Buckler family during the Great Depression, as they leave Oklahoma, because of drought and dust storms, and move to California to find work and a better life.
Migrant Mother
Author | : Don Nardo |
Publsiher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780756543976 |
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Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Dorothea Lange photograph of a migrant mother during the Grea Depression.
Children of the Dust
Author | : Betty Grant Henshaw |
Publsiher | : Texas Tech University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0896725855 |
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The struggles and triumphs of a large family who left Oklahoma to find work in California during the Dust Bowl years.
Crash
Author | : Marc Favreau |
Publsiher | : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2018-04-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780316545839 |
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The incredible true story of how real people weathered one of the most turbulent periods in American history—the Great Depression—and emerged triumphant. From the sweeping consequences of the stock market crash to the riveting stories of individuals and communities caught up in a real American dystopia, discover how the country we live in today was built in response to a time when people from all walks of life fell victim to poverty, insecurity, and fear. Meet fascinating historical characters like Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Dorothea Lange, Walter White, and Mary McLeod Bethune. See what life was like for regular Americans as the country went from the highs of the Roaring Twenties to the lows of the Great Depression, before bouncing back again during World War II. Explore pivotal scenes such as the creation of the New Deal, life in the Dust Bowl, the sit-down strikes in Michigan, the Scottsboro case, and the rise of Father Coughlin. Packed with photographs and firsthand accounts, and written with a keen understanding of the upheaval of the 1930s, Crash shares the incredible story of how America survived—and, ultimately, thrived.
I Am an American
Author | : Jerry Stanley |
Publsiher | : Crown Books For Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Japanese Americans |
ISBN | : 0517885514 |
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Now in an affordable paperback edition, here is Jerry Stanley's highly praised account of internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Photos.