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Author

Stanley, Jerry, 1941-

Title Children of the Dust Bowl : the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp / Jerry Stanley; illustrated with photographs.

Imprint

New York : Crown, 1992.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
PCMS True Stories	F STANLEY	---	Available

Edition	1st edition.
Description	85 p. : illustrated ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-80) and index.
Summary	Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.
Study Program	AR MG RL 6.8 PTS 2 6660.
Subject	Children of migrant laborers -- Education -- California -- Arvin -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Droughts -- Southwestern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains -- Juvenile literature.
	Depressions -- 1929 -- Southwestern States -- Juvenile literature.
	Migrant labor -- California.
	Depressions -- 1929.
ISBN	0517587815
	0517587823 (lib. bdg.)