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Author:
Stanley, Jerry, 1941-
Title:
Children of the Dust Bowl : the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp / Jerry Stanley ; illustrated with photographs.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Crown,
Copyright Date:
c1992
Description:
85 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Children of migrant laborers--Juvenile literature.--Arvin--Arvin--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Droughts--Southwestern States--Juvenile literature.--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--1929--Great Plains--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--1929--Southwestern States--Juvenile literature.
Migrant labor--California.
Depressions--1929.
Notes:
arlevel6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-80) and index.
Summary:
Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.
ISBN:
9780517587829
0517587823 (lib. bdg.)
9780517587812
0517587815
Locations:
8USX522 -- Lone Tree Community School (Lone Tree)

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