Product Description This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ostracized as "dumb Okies," the children of Dust Bowl migrant laborers went without school—until Superintendent Leo Hart and 50 Okie kids built their own school in a nearby field. This memorable audiobook provides a glimpse of a neglected period of American history and tells a story of prejudice being transformed into acceptance and despair into hope. About the Author Jerry Stanley was born in Highland Park, Michigan in 1941. When he was seventeen years old, he joined the air force and was stationed in California, where he has lived ever since. He is now a professor of history at California State University in Bakersfield, where he teaches courses on the American West and California history. In addition to his children's books, Jerry is the author of numerous articles for both scholarly journals and popular magazines.
Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
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Author: Jerry Stanley
Binding: Audio CD
ISBN: 9781482101720
Details:
Author: Jerry Stanley
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition: Unabridged
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Audiobook
Number Of Pages: 1
Release Date: 01-08-2013
Package Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781482101720
