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Authors

Ariel Woodbury

Keywords

Outstanding, Intermediate, Don Brown, American History, Dust Bowl, Drought, Graphic Novel

Document Type

Book Review

Abstract

The settlers of the Great Plains replaced the naturally occurring grasses with wheat. When a drought struck the plains the wheat couldn't hold the soil together and it got swept up into great dust storms that darkened the sky, suffocated animals, and even derailed trains.

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