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The Journal of C. J. Jackson, a Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 (My Name Is America)

5 reviews
William Durbin

Scholastic Inc., 2002

Great supplemental source for studying history
I never knew I liked historical fiction until I started reading the "My name is America" series. This book does an excellent job of putting the reader into the life of a 13 year old boy who is trying to be a kid, but trying to help his parents with all their worries during the depression and a drought hitting his farming community. Complete with a foldout map outlining the journey across the ...

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (Dear America Series)

16 reviews
Katelan Janke

Scholastic Inc., 2002

Five Stars
Winner of the Dear America contest Katelan Janke writes a wonderful and interesting story about Grace Edwards during the Dust Bowls of 1935. Grace writes about her the storms, the constant cleaning and of what its doing to people in the town. A really wonderful story.

The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Volume IV, 1929-1931

1 review
Virginia Woolf

Harvest Books, 1981

Best volume of letters so far.
Volume 4 of Virginia's letters is the best, so far, of the three volumes I have (2,3,4). (I have ordered 1,5,and 6). What makes this volume stand out to me are Virginia's letters to Ethel Smyth. Virginia's letters to Ethel are the most obviously witty. Some make one laugh out loud. I've often heard that VW could be witty/funny but haven't seen much evidence of it, at least that I could ...

The Dust Bowl (Great Historic Disasters)
Ronald A. Reis

Chelsea House Publishers, 2008

Regions in Transition: The Northern Great Plains and the Pacific Northwest in the Great Depression
Rolland Dewing

University Press of America, 2006

"Regions in Transition" provides an in-depth analysis of the dramatic influence of the Great Depression upon the geography, politics, economics, and demography of the Northern Great Plains and Pacific Northwest. Author Rolland Dewing, who participated in the Dust Bowl migration and has lived more than thirty years in each region, brings a unique voice to this history, which references evidence from local histories, on-site visits and interviews, ...

Anna's Fight for Hope: The Great Depression (1931) (Sisters in Time #20)

4 reviews
JoAnn A. Grote

Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, 2004

Wow
This book, I must say, is one of the best books my daughter has ever come across. I have also read it and found it very delightful. This book helps grow your faith in Christ and learn a bit of history of the time. Each story has a main charater that has a deleima and will over come it by the conclusion. My daughter is very fond of historical fiction, and as she always says about this series - ...

Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s

13 reviews
Donald Worster

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

"Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s"
Donald Worster contends that the destruction of the southern plains was one of the most terrible ecological disasters in human history. Human beings, not nature, heaven, or hell, created this ecological tragedy. It was the result of unbridled greed and arrogance on the part of expansion driven Americans and their erroneous assumptions about soil, plants, and rain. According to Worster, the ...

Dust Bowl Diary

3 reviews
Ann Marie Low

University of Nebraska Press, 1984

An experience to read
This book is based on a diary which the author began in 1927, when she was 15 and a farm girl in North Dakota, and covers the years from 1927 ro 1937. She worked very hard and lived in grinding poverty. She went to college and then taught school and fended off marriage proposals, and never in the book says a good word for the man she married--who was courting her thru the last years she was ...

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Edition 001)

187 reviews
Timothy Egan

Mariner Books, 2006

A healthy reminder of how easy we have it.
Save for the descriptions of dust and dirt, which get a little tiring, this book is a great read. His writing style is very readable and his research and understanding of the material is obvious. It is a good lesson for these times we live in. Perhaps we could use some of the wisdom of those times to understand what we need to do to cure our environmental and economic ills.

Rose's Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression

5 reviews
Marissa Moss

Silver Whistle, 2001

girl in a storm
This book is about a girl who lives in a house and they live by a farm and all they have are horses and cows and chickens. She is in a big dust storm. They cannot keep anything growing so her mom and dad go out to a dancing contest to see if they can earn money for seeds. They come back without any money. So they join a last man standing club. This club is for people who are having hard ...

The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: Illustrated London News, 1929-1931 (Collected Works of Gk Chesterton)

2 reviews
G. K. Chesterton

Ignatius Press, 1992

Classic Chesterton
In my opinion, the essay is the literary form where Chesterton's brilliance shines the brightest, and so these Illustrated News collections make for great reading. This volume, containing the columns from 1929-1931, is one of my favorites because he deals with a greater diversity of topics than, say, during the WWI years. Chesterton was never afraid to poke fun at his own self or ...

Selected Letters: 1929-1931. Edited by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei
H. P. Lovecraft

Arkham House Publishers, 1997

From Isolation to War: 1931-1941 (American History Series (Arlington Heights, Ill.).)

2 reviews
Justus D. Doenecke, John Edward Wilz

Harlan Davidson, 2003

Clio is good to us.
Honestly, if you buy a book entitled "From Isolation to War" in the AMERICAN HISTORY SERIES, you're bound to be disappointed if you're A) Not a history buff or B) a complete idiot. Hopefully, having at least found this book listed on Amazon, you are neither. I have worked with Professor Doenecke, and used his book as a textbook in two classes. It is well-written, thoroughly-researched, ...

1929

8 reviews
Frederick Turner

Counterpoint Press, 2003

As magical as the music it describes
Someone once told me that it is impossible to adequately describe jazz music. He obviously hadn't read Fred Turner's book on Bix Beiderbecke. Part culture history, part semi-fictional biography of Bix, and always an artful celebration of that most-American of musical forms, this book is a masterpiece waiting to be discovered. Why isn't this book a New York Times best seller? Perhaps if you read ...

Dust for Dinner (An I Can Read Book)

2 reviews
Ann Warren Turner

Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1995

Includes facts in an interesting story format
Gradeschool children who read this story identified with the story characters. Students went away with appreciation for this time in American History. It was easy to read and informative. It made many students realize how fortunate they are.

A Boyhood in the Dustbowl 1926-1934
Robert Allen Rutland

University Press of Colorado, 1995

The Great Depression and Prohibition are ominous memories in most historical accounts. But here is the true story of a little boy who found life full of excitement, wonder, and joy in the small midwestern town of Okemah, Oklahoma. Okemah, where Woody Guthrie once lived and wrote songs, was fighting for existence in the late 1920s and early 1930s as the oil boom ended, cotton fell to ten cents per pound, and Prohibition was in force. Yet this ...

Suitable for the Wilds: Letters from Northern Alberta 1929-1931 (Legacies Shared)

1 review

University of Calgary Press, 2006

Should be required reading for all Canadian youth.
Should be required reading for all Canadian youth. As someone who began teaching in the Peace River District many years ago, I can state that the descriptions are very accurate, not only of the country, but of the people and circumstances. The best book I have read this decade.

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