| Migrant Mother: How a Photograph Defined the Great Depression Contributor(s): Nardo, Don (Author), Sandmann, Alexa (Consultant), Baxter, Kathleen (Consultant) |
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ISBN: 0756543975 ISBN-13: 9780756543976 Publisher: Compass Point Books OUR PRICE: $33.59 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Nonfiction | Photography |
| Dewey: 973.917 |
| LCCN: 2010038578 |
| Lexile Measure: 900 |
| Series: Captured History |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 9.49" W x 10.49" (0.95 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 141360 Reading Level: 6.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1930s, photographer Dorothea Lange traveled the American West documenting the experiences of those devastated by the Great Depression. She wanted to use the power of the image to effect political change, but even she could hardly have expected the effect that a simple portrait of a worn-looking woman and her children would have on history. This image, taken at a migrant workers' camp in Nipomo, California, would eventually come to be seen as the very symbol of the Depression. The photograph helped reveal the true cost of the disaster on human lives and shocked the U.S. government into providing relief for the millions of other families devastated by the Depression. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nardo, Don: - Noted historian and award-winning author Don Nardo has written many books for young people about American history. Nardo lives with his wife, Christine, in Massachusetts. |