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The Dust Bowl through the lens : how photography revealed and helped remedy a national disaster /

Photographs capture the horrific conditions of this national disaster, the struggles of the people who stayed to save their land and the sorrows of those who were forced to move as a result of this catastrophe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandler, Martin W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Walker & Company, 2009.
Subjects:
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 > Juvenile literature.
Great Plains > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Farmers > Great Plains > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
Great Plains > History > 20th century > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
Farmers > Great Plains > History > 20th century > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
Documentary photography > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Great Plains > History.
Dust storms > Great Plains.
Droughts > Great Plains.
Description
Summary:Photographs capture the horrific conditions of this national disaster, the struggles of the people who stayed to save their land and the sorrows of those who were forced to move as a result of this catastrophe.
Physical Description:96 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-94) and index.
ISBN:9780802795472 (hardcover)
0802795471 (hardcover)
9780802795489 (reinforced)
080279548X (reinforced)