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c2002., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Publishers Call No: 978 .032 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the conditions that led to the severe drought and terrible dust storms that destroyed crops and farmland during the 1930s and shows how some families managed to survive with help from the federal and state governments.
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c2005., Juvenile, compass Point Books Call No: 978 .033 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: We the peopleSummary Note: Discusses the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s when dust storms raged across the heartland of the United States, causing damage that reached from North Dakota to Texas, explains how a combination of bad farming practices and drought caused the deadly conditions, and looks at how people and the government responded to the crisis.
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2009., Juvenile, Dutton Children's Books Call No: 973.916 MAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Offers a factual review of the events that led up to and took place during this incredible natural disaster in the Great Plains during the 1930s with a review of the changes that were instituted as a result of it in farming and land conservation that are still in place today.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Dutton Children's Books Call No: 978 .032 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Examines the causes of the Dust Bowl, discusses its effects, and provides primary source quotes and photographs.
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-- Story of the Dust Bowl.c2009., Juvenile, Dutton Children's Books Call No: 978 Marrin Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Before global warming, there was dust. In the 1930s, dangerous black storms swept through the Great Plains. Created by drought and reckless farming, these lethal storms were part of an environmental, economic, and human catastrophe that changed the course of American history. In riveting, accessible prose, an acclaimed historian explains the causes behind the disaster and explores the Dust Bowl's impact, from a rich cultural legacy to the visionary conservation that would finally offer hope to the Plains.