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  Title

  The journal of C.J. Jackson : a Dust Bowl migrant

  Author

  Durbin, William, 1951-  

  Publisher:

  Scholastic,

  Pub date:

  2002.

  Pages:

  169 p.:

  ISBN:

  0439153069

  • Holdings

    Type/Location	Call Number	Copies	Format
    Youth: Fiction	J AMERICA, MN	1	Book

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  The journal of C.J. Jackson : a Dust Bowl migrant
  Durbin, William, 1951-
  
  
  

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  Personal Author:

  Durbin, William, 1951-

  Title:

  The journal of C.J. Jackson : a Dust Bowl migrant / by William Durbin.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : Scholastic, 2002.

  Physical description:

  169 p.: ill.; 20 cm.

  Series Title:

  (My name is America)

  General Note:

  "C.J. Jackson is a fictional character, created by the author, and his journal and its epilogue are works of fiction."--Copyright page.

  Summary:

  Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.

  Children's subject:

  Depressions--1929--Fiction.

  Children's subject:

  Dust storms--Oklahoma--Fiction.

  Children's subject:

  Droughts--Oklahoma--History--Fiction.

  Children's subject:

  Family life--Fiction.

  Children's subject:

  Migrant labor--Fiction.

  Geographic term:

  Oklahoma--Fiction.

  Geographic term:

  California--Fiction.

  key:

  BK0003850760

  ISBN:

  0439153069 : HRD $10.95