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Author:

Meltzer, Milton, 1915-

Title:

Driven from the land : the story of the Dust Bowl / by Milton Meltzer.

Publisher:

Benchmark Books,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

111 p. : photos 26 cm.

Subject:

Dust storms--Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Droughts--Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Great Plains--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.
Great Plains--Economic conditions--Juvenile literature.
Migration, Internal--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--1929--Great Plains--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Great Depression and the horrific dust storms that drove people from their homes westward during the 1930s.

ISBN:

9780761409687 (lib. bdg.) :
0761409688 (lib. bdg.) :

LCCN:

98047501

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

30SX663 -- Osage High School (Osage)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)