Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
Autor Jerry Stanleyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 1993 – vârsta de la 8 până la 12 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780517880944
ISBN-10: 0517880946
Pagini: 85
Dimensiuni: 204 x 233 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
ISBN-10: 0517880946
Pagini: 85
Dimensiuni: 204 x 233 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
Descriere
Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. 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. "The story is inspiring, and Stanley
has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum
item."--(starred) "Booklist."
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. "The story is inspiring, and Stanley
has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum
item."--(starred) "Booklist."
Recenzii
" The story is inspiring, and Stanley has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum item." --(starred) "Booklist. "
Notă biografică
* 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.
* Once out of the air force, Jerry went to college, during which time he supported himself as a rock-'n'-roll drummer on the weekends. He received both his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona.
* Jerry is now is a professor of history at California State University in Bakersfield, where he teaches courses on the American West, the American Indian, and California history. In addition to his children's books, Jerry is the author of numerous articles for both scholarly journals and popular magazines.
* Among Jerry's hobbies are bowling, racquetball, fishing, drumming, and writing humor. He and his wife, Dorothy, have four children and live in Bakersfield, CA.
* Once out of the air force, Jerry went to college, during which time he supported himself as a rock-'n'-roll drummer on the weekends. He received both his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona.
* Jerry is now is a professor of history at California State University in Bakersfield, where he teaches courses on the American West, the American Indian, and California history. In addition to his children's books, Jerry is the author of numerous articles for both scholarly journals and popular magazines.
* Among Jerry's hobbies are bowling, racquetball, fishing, drumming, and writing humor. He and his wife, Dorothy, have four children and live in Bakersfield, CA.