The Dust Bowl
Subtitle: an illustrated history
By: by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Aileen Silverstone and Susan Shumaker
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781452107943
Subjects: Depressions; Farmers; Social conditions; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Droughts; History
Description: Draws on reports, newspaper articles, and interviews to chronicle the American Dust Bowl, providing photographs to illustrate the catastrophe as well as offer a tribute to man's relationship to the land and his ability to persevere.
Notes: "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey, written by Dayton Duncan."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The great plow up; title: Midnight with no stars; title: The crucible; title: Dust to eat; title: The end of the world; title: Reaping the whirlwind; title: Grab a root and growl; title: Canaan land; title: Thou shalt not bear false witness; title: Okies; title: The cruel crisis; title: The western gate.