Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 385.942/DUST (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Gift of Dr. LeRoy Erickson Memorial Fund | 39844500029000 |
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385.0973/BAI Empire express : building the first transcontinental railroad / | 385.0973/GRA The railroad : the life story of a technology / | 385.314/RAI The railroaders / | 385.942/DUST The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history / | 386.46/AME American waterways : canal days / | 386.47/FARSON The Cape Cod Canal / | 387.155/ROB Southern lighthouses : |
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"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.
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.
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.
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