Witness to Disaster: Droughts

Name: Witness to Disaster: Droughts
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ISBN: 9781426303401

ISBN-10: 1426303408

ISBN-13: 9781426303401

Edition: 2008

Authors: Judy Fradin, Dennis Brindell Fradin, Dennis Brindell Fradin

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You're a farmer in 1930s Oklahoma and you never thought you'd see this day. Your fields have literally turned to dust. This Depression the radio folks were talking about just reached the heartland. The epic disaster of the Dust Bowl brings home the cruel consequences of drought. The calamity that struck Depression-era America was startling for its far-reaching effects across our country, teaching us much about the nature of droughts and their dreadful devastation. The science section of this book examines the lessons from the Dust Bowl droughts for farmers, including the importance of topsoil. The history of droughts around the world compares impacts on a wide variety of societies. The…

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List price: $26.90
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication date: 9/9/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 48
Size: 9.16" wide x 10.28" long x 0.36" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Dennis Brindell Fradin is the author of many books for young readers, including the well-received SAMUEL ADAMS: THE FATHER OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE and, with coauthor and wife Judith Bloom Fradin, IDA B. WELLS: MOTHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.