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In the mid-1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent thoughts on the subject of the land and how humans interact...
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Provides information on the cause of the Dust Bowl that occurred in the Great Plains during the 1930s, and its effects on people, animals, and the land. Discusses how the government stepped in to help farmers and teach them better planting techniques. Includes archival photographs, a section of essential facts, a glossary, and sources for more information.
5) Ohio
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From a giant mound of earth that winds like a snake to historic military airplanes, there's lots to see and do in Ohio! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Ohio special. A table of contents, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, and an index support readers and extend learning.
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"When we imagine what life might have been like thousands of years in the past, the images we often conjure are primitive ones: reed and mud huts or plain brick dwellings, cooking pits, villagers, and simple farms. That was indeed what life was like in the earliest settlements, but by five thousand years ago, life in some places had become much more sophisticated than we might think. Impressive achievements-like stepped temples that towered like mountains,...