Stanley, Jerry, 1941-

Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weed Patch Camp Jerry Stanley ; illustrated with photographs. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown, c1992. - 85 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-80) and index.

Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.

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Children of migrant laborers--Education--California--20th century
Droughts--History--Southwestern States--20th century
Depressions--Juvenile literature.--Great Plains--1929
Depressions--Juvenile literature.--Southwestern States--1929
Migrant labor--California
Depressions--1929
Depressions, Economic


United States--Social conditions

LC5152.C2 / S73 1992

371.96/75/0979488