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The Dirty Days: A Young Girl’s Journey to and from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl

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ISBN-10: 1475931506

ISBN-13: 9781475931501

Edition: 2012

Authors: Norma Welty

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Description:

It is 1933. As a beat-up truck travels down a road away from Arkansas, seven-year-old Molly May Dowden can only hope a better future awaits her parents in Thistleway, Oklahoma.They have no idea of what is about to come. With their money safely tucked away in a mattress, the Dowdens feel hopeful as they pass through Oklahoma City. But their hopes for an improved life disintegrate a hundred miles further west when a dust storm swirls dangerously around their truck. Forced to take shelter inside a dingy cafe with a band of quirky strangers, the Dowdens soon realize that life in Oklahoma may not be as easy as they had hoped. After the family finally settles in their two-room workers' shanty,…    
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Textstream
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English