QUOTES WITH «THE DUST BOWL»
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the Dust Bowl.
As a young girl, I saw commitment in my grandmother, who helped Grandpa homestead our farm on the Kansas prairie. Somehow they outlasted the Dust Bowl, the Depression, and the tornadoes that terrorize the Great Plains.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE DUST BOWL»
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the Dust Bowl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Dust Bowl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
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.
Conditions are dry on Matthew's grandfather's farm, and when Matthew asks if the farm will have to be sold, his grandfather tells him the story of how their family stayed through the Big Dry, also known as the Dust Bowl.
3
Children of
the Dust Bowl:
The True Story of
the School at ...
Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.
4
The Worst Hard Time:
The Untold Story of Those Who Survived ...
This e-book includes a sample chapter of SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER.
5
Dust Bowl:
The Southern Plains in
the 1930s
Personal recollections recreate experiences of two Dust Bowl communities.
Describes why the southern part of the Great Plains became known as the Dust Bowl during the 1930s, and how people coped with the conditions.
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American Exodus:
The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in ...
American Exodus is the first book to examine the cultural implications of that massive 20th-century population shift.
James Noble Gregory, 1991
This gripping story, written in sparse first-person, free-verse poems, is the compelling tale of Billie Jo's struggle to survive during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
9
Letters from
the Dust Bowl
This collection of Henderson’s letters and articles published from 1908 to1966 presents an intimate portrait of a woman’s life in the Great Plains.
Caroline Henderson, Alvin O. Turner, 2012
Winning the Dust Bowl traces Revard's development from a poor Oklahoma farm boy during the depths of the Depression to a respected medieval scholar and outstanding Native American poet.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE DUST BOWL»
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the Dust Bowl is used in the context of the following news items.
Remembering Black Sunday, 80 Years Later
Black Sunday, as it came to be known, would spark increased government action against the Dust Bowl, but not before huge segments of the population moved ... «History, Apr 15»
On the 'Grapes of Wrath' Trail, the Dust Bowl Still Resonates
... USA --- A farmer and his. In this famous image from the Dust Bowl era, a farmer and his sons run for shelter before an approaching dust storm in Oklahoma. «National Geographic, Dec 14»
Is California's drought worse than the Dust Bowl?
The atmospheric conditions that led to the so-called Dirty Thirties eight decades ago are present today, say researchers. «Christian Science Monitor, Oct 14»
Modern-Day Dust Bowl Isn't Easy, But It Beats The 1930s
Farmer John Schweiser, 80, has had to take shelter from recent dust storms. He also lived through the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. (Luke Runyon/Harvest Public ... «Here And Now, Aug 14»
A modern-day Dust Bowl
It was 1936, the height of the Dust Bowl, when the worst drought the country had ever seen forced tens of thousands of families to abandon their parched ... «Yahoo News, Aug 14»
'Grapes Of Wrath' Is 75, But Its Depictions Of Poverty Are Timeless
Much has been said and written about the Dust Bowl, but if you want to get a visceral feel for how it all began and the way it affected the people who experienced ... «NPR, Apr 14»
Grapes of Wrath Turns 75: The Dust Bowl Then, and Conditions Now
The novel takes place during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and follows the Joad family as they leave Oklahoma and head to California. Portions of Colorado were ... «KRCC, Apr 14»
Dust Bowl Worries Swirl Up As Shelterbelt Buckles
In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl ravaged crops and helped plunge the U.S. into an environmental and economic depression. Farmland in parts of Texas, Kansas, ... «NPR, Sep 13»
Massive dust storms hit southeast Colorado, evoking "Dirty Thirties"
Photos of fierce dust storms rolling across the state's Eastern Plains are showing up on Facebook and local TV news, harking to the Dust Bowl years that ... «Denver Post, Jun 13»
Will 2013 Be the Driest Year Since the Dust Bowl?
... farm fields across the Midwest and Western states since it seems we're heading into a parched period that experts compare to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. «TakePart, Apr 13»
