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Author
Publisher
Infinitum Nihil/Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xliv, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas Panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself-fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth. Though they are...
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
©2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
John Phillips, the resident leader of a weather-ravaged Dust Bowl town welcomes a gifted surgeon, Dr. Karl Braun and his lovely daughter, Leni into his community. Dr. Braun and his daughter are refugees fleeing from the Nazis oppressed Austria and are looking to carve out a new existence for themselves.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
4) The 1930s
Publisher
Distributed by PBS
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (267 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col., b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This collection of American Experience films examines America's response to the unprecedented threats facing the nation during one of history's most tumultuous decades-one that is increasingly a touchstone for our own.
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