[PDF] From Dust Bowl To Public Prairie eBook

Author : Sarah Thomas Karle
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,41 MB
Release : 2017-03-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780807166413

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Author : Caroline Henderson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806135403

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A collection of letters and articles written by Caroline Henderson between 1908 and 1966 which provide insight into her life in the Great Plains, featuring both published materials and private correspondence. Includes a biographical profile, chapter introductions, and annotations.

Author : Tricia Andryszewski
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 13,75 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9781562942724

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Examines the human and natural causes of the severe dust storms that turned much of the Great Plains into a "dust bowl" in the 1930s, and describes the devastation caused by these storms.

Author : Timothy Egan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 21,33 MB
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0547347774

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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 : Kevin Z. Sweeney
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0806158476

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Before the drought of the early twenty-first century, the dry benchmark in the American plains was the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. But in this eye-opening work, Kevin Z. Sweeney reveals that the Dust Bowl was only one cycle in a series of droughts on the U.S. southern plains. Reinterpreting our nation’s nineteenth-century history through paleoclimatological data and firsthand accounts of four dry periods in the 1800s, Prelude to the Dust Bowl demonstrates the dramatic and little-known role drought played in settlement, migration, and war on the plains. Stephen H. Long’s famed military expedition coincided with the drought of the 1820s, which prompted Long to label the southern plains a “Great American Desert”—a destination many Anglo-Americans thought ideal for removing Southeastern Indian tribes to in the 1830s. The second dry trend, from 1854 to 1865, drove bison herds northeastward, fomenting tribal warfare, and deprived Civil War armies in Indian Territory of vital commissary. In the late 1880s and mid-1890s, two more periods of drought triggered massive outmigration from the southern plains as well as appeals from farmers and congressmen for federal famine relief, pleas quickly denied by President Grover Cleveland. Sweeney’s interpretation of familiar events through the lens of drought lays the groundwork for understanding why the U.S. government’s reaction to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s was such a radical departure from previous federal responses. Prelude to the Dust Bowl provides new insights into pivotal moments in the settlement of the southern plains and stands as a timely reminder that drought, as part of a natural climatic cycle, will continue to figure in the unfolding history of this region.

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,32 MB
Release : 2023-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789358045291

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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 : Christine Zuchora-Walske
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1624314554

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This book relays the factual details of the Dust Bowl through multiple accounts of the event. Readers learn details from the point of view of an Oklahoma farmer, a migrant farm worker, and a government journalist. This book offers opportunities to compare and contrast various narrative perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about an historical event.

Author : Debra McArthur
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 12,28 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766018389

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Examines the conditions that led to the severe drought and terrible dust storm that destroyed crops and farmland during the 1930s.