An examination of the Dust Bowl era from 1931 through 1939 that discusses economic, social, political, and medical aspects of the situation, and includes archival photographs.
Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on a variety of topics related to the Great Plains, including the region's plants, history, native people, wildlife, icons, folklore, and politics.
Presents nearly fifty stories, poems, songs, essays, and letters that celebrate nature in North America's Midwestern prairie, including works by such figures as Willa Cather, Carl Sandburg, and Georgia O'Keeffe.
Describes the factors that contributed to the dust storms that swept America during the 1930s, turning the Great Plains into what has come to be known as the Dust Bowl, looks at how people coped with the dangerous conditions, and discusses the possibility that a similar environmental disaster could occur again.
Deeply unhappy about her family's separation because of poverty, Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
