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Author:

Andryszewski, Tricia, 1956-

Title:

The Dust Bowl : disaster on the plains / Tricia Andryszewski.

Publisher:

Millbrook Press,

Copyright Date:

c1993

Description:

64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Dust storms--Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Great Plains--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--1929--Great Plains--Juvenile literature.
Agriculture--Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Droughts--Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939--Juvenile literature.
Dust storms--Great Plains.
Droughts--Great Plains--History.
Agriculture--Great Plains--History.
Depressions--1929.
Great Plains--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.

Summary:

Examines the human and natural causes of the severe dust storms that turned much of the Great Plains into a "dust bowl" in the 1930s and describes the devastation caused by these storms.

Series:

Spotlight on American history

ISBN:

9781562942724 (lib. bdg.)
1562942727 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN:

92015300

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

XRPC157 -- Anita Public Library (Anita) — J/978/AND

SUPC124 -- Aplington Legion Memorial Library (Aplington)

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

WLPA185 -- M-C Community Library (Cleghorn)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)