Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp (Audiobook)

from chelsea6273

Without knowing too much on this topic prior to reading this book, I was impressed with how Jerry Stanley, the author, described the economic situation surrounding the story of the Weedpatch School. The book was so well-written and interesting that I just wanted to keep reading it-even when I was...

from nnicolic

Oklahoma birthed the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, which led to many families losing everything they had on the move to California. The "Okies" were treated like second class citizens in California. Yet, the children came together to build their own school and swimming pool. This book ma...

from bereneezypie

A true story about the mass migration of Okies that occurred during the Dust Bowl and how difficult it was for the children to be accepted in California. However, a man named Leo Hart changed that when he helped open up a school for the children to attend and, essentially, tricked the town that t...

from dhut0042

Jerry Stanley has a Ph.D. and is a history professor at California State University in Bakersfield. Because he has lived in the area which he writing about, is highly educated, and his sources are cited very well, I trust "Children of the Dust Bowl" to be wholly reputable. The only potential prob...

from DustinB1983

"Children of the Dust Bowl" is the awe-inspiring account of the school at Weedpatch and a story of overcoming hardship and prejudice. In this case, it happens to be the school age children of those who migrated from Oklahoma to California as a result of the Dust Bowl. With the life they knew outr...