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.
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