The Great American Dust Bowl
A Graphic Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 10, 2017
“A complete visual package.” —Booklist, starred review On a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions specks of dust to form a duster—a savage storm—on America’s high southern plains.
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- Who it’s for
- A graphic novel brings the Dust Bowl’s scale and violence into vivid view.
- Themes
- The Dust Bowl, Natural disaster, Life during the Dirty Thirties
- Genres
- Comics History, 20th Century U.S.
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“A complete visual package.” —Booklist, starred review On a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions 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.
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Don Brown brings the Dirty Thirties to life with lively artwork in this graphic novel of one of America's most catastrophic natural events: the Dust Bowl.
History in Motion
A graphic novel brings the Dust Bowl’s scale and violence into vivid view.
Come here for
- A visual route into a defining American disaster
- The stark force of the Dust Bowl
Expect
- Lively artwork and a straightforward historical frame
- A storm rendered as more than a date on a timeline
Where it sits
| 20th Century U.S. | 82% |
|---|---|
| Comics History | 60% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Graphic History
- U.S. State & Local History for Teens
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- 20th Century America for Teens
- United States for Teens
- Disasters & Catastrophes for Teens
- Earth Science for Teens
- Authors
- Don Brown
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 10, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- The Dust Bowl · Natural disaster · Life during the Dirty Thirties
- Reading lane
- Lives in History