| Hoping for Rain: The Dust Bowl Adventures of Patty and Earl Buckler Contributor(s): Connell, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 0792269039 ISBN-13: 9780792269038 Publisher: National Geographic Kids OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: Using first person accounts as well as period illustrations and photographs, this book relates the experiences of the Buckler children during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, while accurately describing its devastating effects on the land and the people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Lifestyles - Farm & Ranch Life |
| Dewey: 978.090 |
| LCCN: 2003019126 |
| Series: I Am American |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 6.44" W x 9.1" (0.25 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - California - Geographic Orientation - Oklahoma - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Like many farmers living in the Great Plains during the 1930s, the Bucklers are ravaged by months of dust storms and drought. Out of desperation, they travel West with their children, Patty and Earl, in hopes of finding new prosperity. Through letters and diary entries written by the Buckler children, readers witness the disaster of the Dust Bowl and the countless days spent wishing for an end to the drought - and their hunger. As they travel across the country, young Earl searches for work so he can help provide for the family. using the children's first-person accounts as well as period illustrations and photographs, the book accurately depicts the devastating effects of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s and '40s. |