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The Depression on the Prairies James Henry Gray. 15 Once across the Dust Bowl There were worse things than being on relief in Winnipeg , and worst of all was being a farmer in the Dust Bowl . I first stumbled onto this fact in a chance ...
The Depression on the Prairies James Henry Gray. 15 Once across the Dust Bowl There were worse things than being on relief in Winnipeg , and worst of all was being a farmer in the Dust Bowl . I first stumbled onto this fact in a chance ...
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... dust clouds from the Manitoba Dust Bowl . Within min- utes after rounding a curve in the road west of Napinka we were in the middle of a dust blizzard . The sun disappeared into a dull amber haze . The sharp dust particles ricocheted ...
... dust clouds from the Manitoba Dust Bowl . Within min- utes after rounding a curve in the road west of Napinka we were in the middle of a dust blizzard . The sun disappeared into a dull amber haze . The sharp dust particles ricocheted ...
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... Dust Bowl in combination with the collapse of food prices . The drouth itself could be blamed on nature , but the Dust Bowl was as much man - made as the collapse of prices . Millions of acres were broken to the plough that never should ...
... Dust Bowl in combination with the collapse of food prices . The drouth itself could be blamed on nature , but the Dust Bowl was as much man - made as the collapse of prices . Millions of acres were broken to the plough that never should ...
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
Our world stopped and we got off | 8 |
Beating the Woodyard | 19 |
Copyright | |
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