| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 241 pages) |
| Series |
Eyewitness to history series |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents; Historical Introduction; Chronology; Chapter 1 The Storms; Introduction; 1. An Unusual Texas Duststorm, March 24-25, 1933; 2. Report of the Wind Erosion Survey in the Region of the Oklahoma Panhandle and Adjacent Territory, 1933; 3. Dust Storms, November 1933 to May 1934; 4. Dust Storms, 1935; 5. Duststorms in the Southwestern Plains Area, 1935; 6. Duststorms of February and March 1936 in the United States; 7. Duststorms of January-April 1937 in the United States |
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8. Duststorms of May-December 1937 in the United StatesChapter 2 Causes; Introduction; 9. Memorandum about Wheat Planting, Drought, and Dust Storms, 1933; 10. Wind Erosion Endangering Colorado Vegetation, 1934; 11. Drought Survival of Native Grass Species in the Central and Southern Plains, 1935; 12. Multiple Causes of the Dust Bowl, 1935; 13. Dust Storm Causes in the Southwestern Plains, 1936; 14. Weather and Drought Conditions and a Call for Government Assistance to Fight Wind Erosion, 1936 |
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15. Natural and Economic Factors Which Affect Rural Rehabilitation of the North Plains of Texas (as typified by Dallam County, Texas), July 193616. Emergency Wind-Erosion Control, 1937; 17. Crops Against the Wind on the Southern Great Plains, 1939; 18. Land Facts on the Southern Plains, 1939; 19. Climate and Settlement in the Great Plains, 1942; Chapter 3 Life in the Dust Bowl; Introduction; 20. Telegram to Congressman Marvin Jones Requesting Federal Assistance for the Livestock and People in Guymon and Texas County, Oklahoma, and Surrounding Area, 1933 |
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21. Memorandum from the Southern Great Plains Field Station, Woodward, Oklahoma, Reporting Desperate Farmers Planting Wheat and Contributing to Dust Storms, 193322. Black Blizzard, 1935; 23. Conditions in Western Kansas, Typical of the Dust Bowl, March 1935; 24. Soil-Erosion Program, Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Public Lands, March 1935; 25. Kansas State Board of Health Report about the Effect of Dust Storms on Health, 1935; 26. Dust Storms through the Years, 1935; 27. Humor in the Dust Bowl, 1935 |
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28. Farming Hazards in the Drought Area of Dallam and Hale Counties, Texas, and Curry County, New Mexico, 193529. Relief and Rehabilitation Problems in the Winter Wheat and Cotton Areas of the Southern Great Plains, 1935; 30. Drought Refugee and Labor Migration to California, 1935; 31. Soil Conservation Reconnaissance Survey of the Southern Great Plains and Wind-Erosion Area, 1936; 32. Natural and Economic Factors Which Affect Rural Rehabilitation of the North Plains of Texas (as typified by Dallam County Texas), July 1936; 33. Refugee Migration to California, 1937 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 03, 2019) |
| Subject |
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 -- Sources -- Juvenile literature
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Droughts -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
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Agriculture -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
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Farmers -- Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- State & Local.
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Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
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Agriculture
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Droughts
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Farmers -- Social conditions
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Great Plains -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
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Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
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| Subject |
Great Plains
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Juvenile works
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019007169 |
| ISBN |
9781440854989 |
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144085498X |
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