The Way People Live - Life During the Dust Bowl (The Way People Live)

By Yancey, Diane

Publishers Summary:
In the 1930s, farmers in the South struggled to survive one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. The story of the Dust Bowl is one of desperation and shattered lives, but also emphasizes the courage and determination that characterizes the American spirit.

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ISBN
978-1-59018-265-9
Publisher
Lucent Books


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Reviewed on August 1, 2004

Gr 6-10 Yancey describes how hundreds of catastrophic dust storms struck the Great Plains between 1932 and 1938. The statistics are mind-boggling, but so too were the experiences of the people who survived the "black blizzards" year after year, always believing that rain would set everything right again. In seven accessible chapters, readers learn the why and how of the conditio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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