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The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history /

Draws on reports, newspaper articles and interviews to chronicle the American Dust Bowl, providing photographs to illustrate the catastrophe as well as offer a tribute to man's relationship to the land and his ability to persevere.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncan, Dayton
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2012]
Subjects:
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Depressions > 1929 > Great Plains.
Great Plains > History > 20th century.
Great Plains > Social conditions > 20th century.
Droughts > Great Plains > History > 20th century.
Farmers > Great Plains > Social conditions > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The great plow up
  • Midnight with no stars
  • The crucible
  • Dust to eat
  • The end of the world
  • Reaping the whirlwind
  • Grab a root and growl
  • Canaan land
  • Thou shalt not bear false witness
  • Okies
  • The cruel crisis
  • The western gate.