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Título:
The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history / by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Aileen Silverstone and Susan Shumaker.
ISBN:
9781452107943
Autor personal:
Duncan, Dayton
Información de publicación:
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2012]

©2012
Descripción física:
231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Nota general:
"Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey, written by Dayton Duncan."
Contenido:
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.
Síntesis:
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.
Término geográfico:
Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.

Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
DAK_SUBJECT_TERM_DISPLAY:
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Depressions 1929--Great Plains.

Droughts--Great Plains -- History 20th century.

Farmers--Great Plains -- Social conditions 20th century.
DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocn769289621
Disponibilidad:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1

Burnsville - Burnhaven~1

Eagan - Wescott~1
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