The Dust Bowl

Author : Carter Revard
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816520712

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Winning the Dust Bowl by Carter Revard Pdf

Bootleggers and bankrobbers in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. Proctors and punters at Oxford. Activists and agitators of the American Indian Movement. Carter Revard has known them all, and in this book— a memoir in prose and poetry— he interweaves the many threads of his life as only a gifted writer can. Winning the Dust Bowl traces Revard's development from a poor Oklahoma farm boy during the depths of the Depression to a respected medieval scholar and outstanding Native American poet. It recounts his search for a personal and poetic voice, his struggle to keep and expand it, and his attempt to find ways of reconciling the disparate influences of his life. In these pages, readers will find poems both new and familiar: poems of family and home, of loss and survival. In linking— what he calls "cocooning"— essays, Revard shares what he has noticed about how poems come into being, how changes in style arise from changes in life, and how language can be used to deal with one's relationship to the world. He also includes stories of Poncas and Osages, powwow stories and Oxford fables, and a gallery of photographs that capture images of his past. Revard has crafted a book about poetry and authorship, about American history and culture. Lyrical in one breath and stingingly political in the next, he calls on his mastery of language to show us the undying connection between literature and life.

Author : Donald Worster
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195032128

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Dust Bowl by Donald Worster Pdf

In the mid 1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms.Now, twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent thoughts on the subject of the land and how humans interact with it. In a new afterword, he links the Dust Bowl to current political, economic and ecological issues--including the American livestock industry's exploitation of the Great Plains, and the on-going problem of desertification, which has now become a global phenomenon. He reflects on the state of the plains today and the threat of a new dustbowl. He outlines some solutions that have been proposed, such as "the Buffalo Commons," where deer, antelope, bison and elk would once more roam freely, and suggests that we may yet witness a Great Plains where native flora and fauna flourish while applied ecologists show farmers how to raise food on land modeled after the natural prairies that once existed.

Author : David Booth
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1550742957

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The Dust Bowl by David Booth Pdf

A young boy listens to his grandfather's story of farm life during the Dust Bowl years.

Author : Dayton Duncan,Ken Burns
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781452119151

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The Dust Bowl by Dayton Duncan,Ken Burns Pdf

This “riveting” companion to the PBS documentary “clarifies our understanding of the ‘worst manmade ecological disaster in American history’” (Booklist). In this riveting chronicle, Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns capture the profound drama of the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Terrifying photographs of mile-high dust storms, along with firsthand accounts by more than two dozen eyewitnesses, bring to life this heart-wrenching catastrophe, when a combination of drought, wind, and poor farming practices turned millions of acres of the Great Plains into a wasteland, killing crops and livestock, threatening the lives of small children, burying homesteaders’ hopes under huge dunes of dirt—and setting in motion a mass migration the likes of which the nation had never seen. Burns and Duncan collected more than three hundred mesmerizing photographs, some never before published, scoured private letters, government reports, and newspaper articles, and conducted in-depth interviews to produce a document that may likely be the last recorded testimony of the generation who lived through this defining decade.

Author : Craig Volk,Margaret Spader Neises,Joan Neises Volk
Publisher : South Dakota State Historical Society
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1941813291

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A Dust Bowl Book of Days, 1932 by Craig Volk,Margaret Spader Neises,Joan Neises Volk Pdf

"Using the writings of his grandmother, Margaret Spader Neises, and mother, Joan Neises Volk, author Craig Volk creates a one-year diary that details the life and times of a woman during 1932."--

Author : Rebecca Langston-George
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781491418406

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A Primary Source History of the Dust Bowl by Rebecca Langston-George Pdf

"Uses primary sources to tell the story of the Dust Bowl"--

Author : Caroline Henderson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806187945

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Letters from the Dust Bowl by Caroline Henderson Pdf

In May 1936 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace wrote to Caroline Henderson to praise her contributions to American "understanding of some of our farm problems." His comments reflected the national attention aroused by Henderson’s articles, which had been published in Atlantic Monthly since 1931. Even today, Henderson’s articles are frequently cited for her vivid descriptions of the dust storms that ravaged the Plains. Caroline Henderson was a Mount Holyoke graduate who moved to Oklahoma’s panhandle to homestead and teach in 1907. This collection of Henderson’s letters and articles published from 1908 to1966 presents an intimate portrait of a woman’s life in the Great Plains. Her writing mirrors her love of the land and the literature that sustained her as she struggled for survival. Alvin O. Turner has collected and edited Henderson’s published materials together with her private correspondence. Accompanying biographical sketch, chapter introductions, and annotations provide details on Henderson’s life and context for her frequent literary allusions and comments on contemporary issues.

Author : Don Brown
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547815503

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The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown Pdf

The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today. Presented in comic book format.

Author : Jerry Stanley
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780307792471

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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley Pdf

Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ostracized as "dumb Okies," the children of Dust Bowl migrant laborers went without school--until Superintendent Leo Hart and 50 Okie kids built their own school in a nearby field.

Author : Mathew Paul Bonnifield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UVA:X000004327

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The Dust Bowl by Mathew Paul Bonnifield Pdf

Author : Lawrence Svobida
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1986-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700602902

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Farming the Dust Bowl by Lawrence Svobida Pdf

This is a powerful original account of one man's efforts to raise wheat on his farm in Meade County, Kansas, during the 1930s. Lawrence Svobida tells of farmers "fighting in the front-line trenches, putting in crop after crop, year after year, only to see each crop in turn destroyed by the elements." Although not a writer by trade, Svobida undertook to record what he saw and experienced "to help the reader to understand what is taking place in the Great Plains region, and how serious it is." He wrote of the need for better farming methods--the only way, he felt, the destruction could be halted or confined. Well before the principles of an ecological movement were widely embraced, Svobida urged a public acceptance of the "sovereign rights of the states and the nation to regulate the use of land by owners . . .so that it may be conserved as a national resource." This graphic account of farm life in the Dust Bowl—perhaps the only autobiographical record of Dust Bowl agriculture in existence—was first published in 1941. This new edition contains an introduction by the historian R. Douglas Hurt that not only objectively sets the scene during and after the Dust bowl, but also places the book properly in the growing body of contemporary literature on agriculture and land use. The volume is an important contribution to American agricultural history in general, and the the history of the Depression and of the Great Plains in particular.

Author : Michelle Jabès Corpora
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593225264

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The Dust Bowl #1 by Michelle Jabès Corpora Pdf

Set in the 1930s Oklahoma, this American Horse Tale is the story of a young girl who makes the difficult decision to leave her family and move to California so she can stay with her horse. A young girl named Ginny and her family are dealing with the hardships of the Great Depression, and in order to survive, her dad decides they must sell their horse, and Ginny's best friend, Thimble. But Ginny will do anything in order to find a way for them to stay together, and chooses to leave her family in Oklahoma and travel west to California. The Dust Bowl is part of a series of books written by several authors highlighting the unique relationships between young girls and their horses.

Author : Timothy Egan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780547347776

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The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan Pdf

In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan’s National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows. The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, he does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, “the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect” (New York Times). In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is “arguably the best nonfiction book yet” (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful reminder about the dangers of trifling with nature. This e-book includes a sample chapter of THE IMMORTAL IRISHMAN.

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9358045299

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Pdf

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by John Steinbeck that tells the story of the Joad family's journey from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression. The novel highlights the struggles and hardships faced by migrant workers during this time, as well as the exploitation they faced at the hands of wealthy landowners. Steinbeck's writing style is raw and powerful, with vivid descriptions that bring the characters and their surroundings to life. The novel has been widely acclaimed for its social commentary and remains a classic in American literature. Despite being published over 80 years ago, the novel still resonates with readers today, serving as a reminder of the importance of empathy and compassion towards those who are less fortunate.

Author : Ronald Reis
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438199641

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The Dust Bowl, Updated Edition by Ronald Reis Pdf

Housewives hung wet sheets and blankets over windows, struggling to seal every crack with gummed paper strips. A man avoided shaking hands, lest the static electricity gathered from a dust storm knock his greeter flat. Children's tears turned to mud. Horses chewed feed filled with dust particles that sandpapered their gums raw. Dead cattle, when pried open, were filled with pounds of gut-clogging dirt. The simplest thing in life, taking a breath, became life-threatening. The Dust Bowl conditions during the "Dirty Thirties" were no blind stroke of nature, but had their origins in human error and in the misuse of the land. The Dust Bowl, Updated Edition recounts the factors that led to the Dust Bowl conditions, how those affected coped, and what can be learned from the tragedy, considered by many to be America's worst prolonged environmental disaster.