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1575053608
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Coombs, Karen Mueller,
1947-
Children of the dust days /
Karen Mueller Coombs.
Minneapolis :
Carolrhoda Books,
2000.
48 p. :
ill., map ;
20 x 22 cm.
Picture the American past
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Black blizzards -- Dreams turn to dust -- New land, new dreams afterward -- Dust days clothing: How to make a burlap shirt -- Note to teachers and adults -- Resources on the dust days.
Focuses on the experiences of children during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, when prolonged drought, coupled with farming techniques, caused massive erosion from Texas to Canada's wheat fields.
20221026.
Dust storms
Great Plains
History
20th century
Juvenile literature.
Dust storms
Great Plains.
Depressions
1929
Great Plains
Juvenile literature.
Depressions
1929.
Agriculture
Great Plains
History
20th century
Juvenile literature.
Agriculture
Great Plains
History.
Droughts
Great Plains
History
20th century
Juvenile literature.
Droughts
Great Plains
History.
Children
Great Plains
History
20th century
Juvenile literature.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
Juvenile literature.
Great Plains
Social conditions
Juvenile literature.
Great Plains
Social conditions.
Picture the American past.