Copyright © 2012 by The Dust Bowl Film Project, LLC.  All rights reserved. No part o this book may be reproduced in any orm without  written permission rom the publisher.Page 219 constitutes a continuation o the copyright page.Library o Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:Duncan, Dayton. The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history / by Dayton Duncan; with a preace by Ken Burns; picture research by Aileen Silverstone and Susan Shumaker. pages cm. “Based on a lm by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Duney, written by Dayton Duncan.” Includes bibliographical reerences and index. ISBN 978-1-4521-0794-31. Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939. 2. Depressions—1929—Great Plains. 3. Great Plains—History—20th century. 4. Great Plains—Social conditions—20th century. 5. Droughts—Great Plains—History—20th century. 6. Farmers—Great Plains—Social conditions—20th century. I. Title.F595.D93 2012 978’.032--dc23 2011052371Manuactured in ChinaDesigned by Suzanne M. LaGasa  Typeset in Caslon10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Chronicle Books LLC 680 Second Street San Francisco, Caliornia 94107  www.chroniclebooks.com

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A dust storm bears down on the  town o Darrouzett, Texas.

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A dust storm descends on a solitary armstead, 1935.A Texas armer attacks a sand dune with his team o horses and a drag pole. Three Kansas children head or school wearing goggles and home-made dust masks. A man struggles against a sandstorm in the Texas Panhandle.

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Two chickens head or cover near Ulysses, Kansas.

 

Produced by

Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns,

and

 Julie Dunfey

 Written by

Dayton Duncan

 With a preace by

Ken Burns

Picture research by

 Aileen Silverstone

 and

 Susan Shumaker 

BY

 dayton duncan

BASED ON A FILM BY

 ken burns

an illustrated history