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The dust bowl / [book]
By: Booth, David.
Contributor(s): Reczuch, Karen.
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BookPublisher: Toronto : Kids Can Press, c1996Description: [30] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.ISBN: 1550742957 :.Subject(s): Depressions -- 1929 | Droughts -- Prairie Provinces | Wheat farmers | Prairie Provinces -- History -- 1905-1945 -- Juvenile fiction | Determination (Personality trait) | Grandfathers | Picture books for children | Crises �economiques -- 1929 | S�echeresses -- Provinces des Prairies | Producteurs de bl�e | Provinces des Prairies -- Histoire -- 1905-1945 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse | D�etermination (Trait de personnalit�e) | Grands-p�eres | Livres d'images pour enfantsDDC classification: jC813/.54 Summary: "In the 1930s, the Big Dry turned golden wheat fields into a dust bowl. Fifty years later, another drought is upon them. Evocative illustrations capture life on the prairies in this powerful story of one family's determination to hold on to its farm" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998.
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