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Years of Dust
The Story of the Dust Bowl
By Marrin, Albert
- ISBN
- 978-0-52542-077-4
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, c2009.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2009
Gr 5-9 Marrin begins with an overview of the natural history of the Great Plains, describing its unique geography and delicate ecological balance. Next, he discusses how the American ranchers and farmers who migrated into the region "invited disaster" by "changing the ecology" of the area, destroying native plants and animals and using farming techniques that left the soil vulnerable to the heat and droughts of the 1930s. The Dust Bowl and the human suffering it caused are put into the large...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Although Marrin strays from his theme that the Dust Bowl of the 1930s was "the worst environmental disaster in American history," his ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
