An edition of Children of the Dust Bowl (1992)
Children of the Dust Bowl
The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
By Jerry Stanley
Publish Date
July 13, 1993
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Language
eng
Pages
85
Description:
Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.
subjects: Depressions, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Droughts, Migrant labor, Education, Juvenile literature, Children of migrant laborers, History, Middle west, history, Middle west, Children, juvenile literature, Depressions, 1929, juvenile literature, Migrant labor, united states
Places: Southwestern States, California, Arvin, Great Plains
Times: 1929, 20th century