Reapers of the dust : a prairie chronicle / by Lois Phillips Hudson.

With hard- and supercover.

Cont.: The dust storm -- Gopher hunting -- "Work, for the night is coming" -- The buggy on the roof -- The king's birthday -- The cold wave -- The water witch -- When the fields are fresh and green -- Children of the harvest -- Room at the bottom -- Epitaph for a lion -- The loop in time.

"Lois Phillips Hudson is recognized as a major chronicler of America's agricultural heartland during the grim years of the Great Depression. Reapers of the Dust vividly evokes that difficult time. From Hudson's childhood in North Dakota spring these unusual, moving stories of simple, joyful days, of continuing battles with hostile elements, and of a family's new life as migrant workers on the West Read more...