Description
A speck of dust is a tiny thing. In fact, five of them could fit into the period at the end of this sentence.
On a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions of these specks of dust to form a duster--a savage storm--on America's high southern plains.
The sky turned black, sand-filled winds scoured the paint off houses and cars, trains derailed, and electricity coursed through the air. Sand and dirt fell like snow--people got lost in the gloom and suffocated . . . and that was just the beginning.
Don Brown brings the Dirty Thirties to life with kinetic, highly saturated, and lively artwork in this graphic novel of one of America's most catastrophic natural events: the Dust Bowl.
Author: Don Brown
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 10/08/2013
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.20h x 6.80w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780547815503
ISBN10: 0547815506
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Disasters
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States | 20th Century
About the Author
Using resonant storytelling and evocative art, Don Brown shares with his readers the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. His work has been called pacesetting, carefully crafted, compassionate, and forthright. He lives in New York with his family.