The Dust Bowl
An Illustrated History
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2012.
Format: Book
Description: 231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains.
Droughts -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
Farmers -- Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains.
Droughts -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
Farmers -- Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781452107943
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Modern Dun | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY North Am. US Modern Dun | Edgewood | Nonfiction | In |
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"Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey, written by Dayton Duncan."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.