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The Dust Bowl Through the Lens
How Photography Revealed and Helped Remedy a National Disaster
By Sandler, Martin W.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80279-547-2 978-0-80279-548-9
- Publisher
- Walker
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2009
Gr 4-8 This excellent photo-essay traces the history of the Dust Bowl from its causes to its resolution. In tandem, Sandler treats the role of the budding field of photojournalism. Forty-four spreads feature a page of clear, direct text with a large, well-reproduced image, many of which are set on color pages. Many of these, such as Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" and Arthur Rothstein's "Fleeing a Dust Storm," have become iconic. The author repeatedly makes the point that it was in large part the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Forty-five double-page spreads detail the political, human, and environmental conditions and consequences of the Dust Bowl devastation in the 1930s. Topics include information on land use, the storms themselves, and the great migration to California by farm families looking for a better life. Individuals such as Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, and Franklin D. Roosevelt are also profiled. The majority of these subjects directly relate to Sandler's thesis: that the Dust Bow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Forty-five double-page spreads detail the political, human, and environmental conditions and consequences of the 1930s Dust Bowl devastation. Archival photogr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
