Years of dust : the story of the Dust Bowl / Albert Marrin.
by Marrin, Albert.
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BookPublisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2009Edition: 1st ed.Description: 128 p. : ill., maps ; 24 x 29 cm.ISBN: 0525420770.Subject(s): Great Plains -- History | Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- Great Plains | Dust storms -- History | Droughts -- History | Farm life -- History | Farmers -- Social conditions | Great Plains -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 978/.032 Online resources: Publisher description
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Summary: Examines the causes of the Dust Bowl, discusses its effects, and provides primary source quotes and photographs.
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.
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Map on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-126) and index.
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.
School Library Journal starred, August 2009
Booklist starred, August 2009
Publisher's Weekly, August 2009
Kirkus Starred, June 2009
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2009
Library Media Connection, October 2009
Examines the causes of the Dust Bowl, discusses its effects, and provides primary source quotes and photographs.
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