The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history /

The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Duncan, Dayton.
Imprint:	San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2012] ©2012
Description:	231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939) Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939. Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains. Droughts -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century. Farmers -- Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Depressions. Droughts. Farmers -- Social conditions. Social conditions Great Plains -- History -- 20th century. Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Great Plains. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8968935

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ISBN:	9781452107943 1452107947
Notes:	"Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey, written by Dayton Duncan." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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.

Table of Contents:

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.