Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
| Author | : Jerry Stanley |
| Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2014-11-26 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780307792471 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0307792471 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (471 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp by : Jerry Stanley
Download or read book Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp written by Jerry Stanley and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ostracized as "dumb Okies," the children of Dust Bowl migrant laborers went without school--until Superintendent Leo Hart and 50 Okie kids built their own school in a nearby field.