Dust to eat : drought and depression in the 1930s / Michael L. Cooper.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Clarion, c2004.Description: 81 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0618154493
- Drought and depression in the 1930s
- 973.917 22
- E806 .C63 2004
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult | B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) | 973.917 Coo (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 401231 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index.
The "Okie" problem -- The dirty thirties -- "Dust to eat, dust to breathe, dust to drink" -- California-bound -- Harvest gypsies -- Crisis in the valley -- World War II ends the Depression.
School Library Journal starred, September 2004
Library Media Connection starred, March 2005
Booklist, July 2004
Horn Book, October 2004
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2004
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2004
Presents a photographic chronicle of the 1930s, focusing on Depression and the dust storms that crippled the Great Plains, and looks at the effects of the twin disasters on American society and domestic policy.
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