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Author Duncan, Dayton.

Title The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history / by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Aileen Silverstone and Susan Shumaker.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  978 DUNCAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  978 D912    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  978 D912    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  978.032 DUNCAN    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  OV 978 DUN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  978 DUN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  978.032 Q DUNCAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  978.032 Q DUNCAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  978.032 DUNCAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 978.032 DUN    Check Shelf

Description 231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Note "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey, written by Dayton Duncan."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.
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.
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.
Subject Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains.
Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Droughts -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
Farmers -- Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781452107943
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