Years of Dust - The Story of the Dust Bowl

Informationen zum Autor Albert Marrin Klappentext In the 1930's, great rolling walls of dust swept across the Great Plains. The storms buried crops, blinded animals, and suffocated children. It was a catastrophe that would change the course of American history as people struggled to survive in this hostile environment, or took the the roads as Dust Bowl refugees. Here, in riveting, accessible prose, and illustrated with moving historical quotations and photographs, acclaimed historian Albert Marrin explains the causes behind the disaster and investigates the Dust Bowl's imact on the land and the people. Both a tale of natural destruction and a tribute to those who refused to give up, this is a beautiful exploration of an important time in our country's past. Zusammenfassung In the 1930's! great rolling walls of dust swept across the Great Plains. The storms buried crops! blinded animals! and suffocated children. It was a catastrophe that would change the course of American history as people struggled to survive in this hostile environment! or took the the roads as Dust Bowl refugees. Here! in riveting! accessible prose! and illustrated with moving historical quotations and photographs! acclaimed historian Albert Marrin explains the causes behind the disaster and investigates the Dust Bowl's imact on the land and the people. Both a tale of natural destruction and a tribute to those who refused to give up! this is a beautiful exploration of an important time in our country's past.

Product details

• Authors: Albert Marrin, Marrin Albert
• Publisher: Puffin USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2012
• EAN: 9780142425794
• ISBN: 978-0-14-242579-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 281 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; USA, 20th Century, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Educational: History, Natural history (Children's/Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Physical world