Children of the Dust Bowl
Subtitle: the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp
By: Jerry Stanley ; illustrated with photographs.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown; Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Children of migrant laborers -- Education -- California -- Arvin -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature; Droughts -- Southwestern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature; Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains -- Juvenile literature; Depressions -- 1929 -- Southwestern States -- Juvenile literature; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 -- Juvenile literature; Migrant labor -- California; Depressions -- 1929
Genres: Juvenile literature.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-80) and index.