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Years of dust : the story of the Dust Bowl /

The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marrin, Albert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Great Plains > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Depressions > 1929 > Great Plains > Juvenile literature.
Dust storms > Great Plains > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Droughts > Great Plains > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Farm life > Great Plains > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Farmers > Great Plains > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Great Plains > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 > Juvenile literature.
Online Access:Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : darkness at noon
  • The Great Plains world
  • Conquering the Great Plains
  • The coming of the farmers
  • In hard times
  • Dust Bowl days
  • Refugees in their own land
  • The New Deal
  • Future dust bowls.