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Search - Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
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Children of the Dust Bowl The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Author: 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.
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Donna E. (impossible) reviewed Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp on + 3312 more book reviews
An excellent book about one of those little known spots in American history which should be better known. Lots of black and white photos.
Genres:
- Children's Books >> History >> Historical Fiction >> United States >> General
- Children's Books >> Ages 9-12 >> General