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Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl
by Marrin, Albert
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0142425796
- ISBN 13
- 9780142425794
- Seller
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Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Puffin Books, 2012. Soft cover. Fine. An oversized work of 128 pages, 9 chapters, a bibliography and an index. Much black 7 white illustration. Number line in the work reads as follows: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Interior & exterior of book are clean, there is no creasing on the spine. No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges. There is a touch of wear at the base of the spine and some corners. A quite nice copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed!
Synopsis
In the 1930's, great rolling walls of dust swept across the Great Plains. The storms buried crops, blinded animals, and suffocated children. It was a catastrophe that would change the course of American history as people struggled to survive in this hostile environment, or took the the roads as Dust Bowl refugees. Here, in riveting, accessible prose, and illustrated with moving historical quotations and photographs, acclaimed historian Albert Marrin explains the causes behind the disaster and investigates the Dust Bowl's imact on the land and the people. Both a tale of natural destruction and a tribute to those who refused to give up, this is a beautiful exploration of an important time in our country's past.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0011260
- Title
- Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl
- Author
- Marrin, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0142425796
- ISBN 13
- 9780142425794
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Great Plains-History-20th Century. Depressions-1929-Great Plains. Dust storms-Droughts-Dust Bowl-United States-Great Plains-history. Farmers-Social conditions-Great Plains.
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
Focus on, but not limited to, signed nonfiction books that are relatively scarce.
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