Letters from the Dust Bowl
Caroline Henderson grew up in rural Iowa, the daughter of a farmer prosperous enough to send her to Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a degree in language and literature in 1901. After teaching for several years in Des Moines, she decided to homestead in the Oklahoma panhandle; she and her husband, Will, remained Oklahoma farmers until their deaths in 1966. In addition to her farm duties--and raising a daughter who became a physician--Caroline Henderson moonlighted as a writer for farm and ladies' publications in the years before World War I and for national publications such asAtlantic Monthlyduring the Depression. Her descriptions of the Dust Bowl years brought her national recognition. This book combines Henderson's published writings with selections from her prolific correspondence, providing a fascinating look at the life of an educated woman committed to Jefferson's vision of the American dream through the first two-thirds of the twentieth century.Mary CarrollCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.