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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.
The Worst Hard Time
Author | : Timothy Egan |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2006-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780547347776 |
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In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan’s National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows. The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, he does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, “the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect” (New York Times). In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is “arguably the best nonfiction book yet” (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful reminder about the dangers of trifling with nature. This e-book includes a sample chapter of THE IMMORTAL IRISHMAN.
Out of the Dust Scholastic Gold
Author | : Karen Hesse |
Publsiher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2012-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780545517126 |
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Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.
The Great American Dust Bowl
Author | : Don Brown |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 85 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780547815503 |
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The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today. Presented in comic book format.
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.
Letters from the Dust Bowl
Author | : Caroline Henderson |
Publsiher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2012-10-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806187945 |
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In May 1936 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace wrote to Caroline Henderson to praise her contributions to American "understanding of some of our farm problems." His comments reflected the national attention aroused by Henderson’s articles, which had been published in Atlantic Monthly since 1931. Even today, Henderson’s articles are frequently cited for her vivid descriptions of the dust storms that ravaged the Plains. Caroline Henderson was a Mount Holyoke graduate who moved to Oklahoma’s panhandle to homestead and teach in 1907. This collection of Henderson’s letters and articles published from 1908 to1966 presents an intimate portrait of a woman’s life in the Great Plains. Her writing mirrors her love of the land and the literature that sustained her as she struggled for survival. Alvin O. Turner has collected and edited Henderson’s published materials together with her private correspondence. Accompanying biographical sketch, chapter introductions, and annotations provide details on Henderson’s life and context for her frequent literary allusions and comments on contemporary issues.
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.
The Dust Bowl
Author | : Allison Lassieur |
Publsiher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2016-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781515742623 |
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"Describes the people and events of the U.S. Dust Bowl. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a farmer, a migrant worker, and a government photographer"--Provided by publisher.