Children of the Dust Bowl : The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp

English

ISBN: 0517880946

EAN: 9780517880944

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 20th Century/Juvenile Nonfiction / Family / General/Nature / Natural Disasters/History / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)/Juvenile Nonfiction / Business & Economics/Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / State & Local/

Publisher: Random House Childrens Books

Release Date: 07/31/1993

Age Range: 14-16

Synopsis: Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in SteinbecksThe 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.

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Children of the Dust Bowl : The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Edition: 97

Height: 0.25 inches

Width: 8.06 inches

Length: 9.3 inches

Weight: 10.34 oz

Pages: 96