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The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history  Cover Image Book Book

The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history / by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Aileen Silverstone and Susan Shumaker.

Duncan, Dayton. (Author). Burns, Ken, 1953- (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781452107943 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 1452107947
  • Physical Description: 231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey, written by Dayton Duncan."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: 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.

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