In a time of drought and economic depression in 1934, Ella Barron runs her boardinghouse in Texas while caring for her son, Solly, and responds to the calm influence of one of her boarders, David Rainwater, while facing the tension and uncertainty around her.

This Prelinger Archives film is a classic drama that details the Great Plains during the Depression--a history of the land and the people who worked it, as well as a window into the optimism and opportunism that initially led settlers to make the Great Plains their home. Gripping footage of a dust storm and its aftermath. The film ends with defeated Dust Bowl farmers heading west--for California. Selected for the 1999 National Film Registry of "artistically,...

In 1933, when twelve-year-old Hallie Turner and her brothers, Tom and Benny, take to the road seeking whatever work they can get, they find kindness in small-town Kansas.

This Prelinger Archives film memorably captures the epic drought in America's Dust Bowl region and government-supported efforts to combat it through aid to farmers and environmental conservation efforts. This is John Steinbeck country vividly rendered.

"Riveting. An achingly beautiful tale told with a singularly fresh and original voice. " Jocelyn Green, award winning author of the Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War series "The book is suspenseful and gritty with true-to-life characters. It is about hope, family, survival and faith. " - The Historical Novel Society Where you come from isn't who you are. Ten-year-old Pearl Spence is a daydreamer, playing make-believe to escape life in Oklahoma's...

Discusses the 1930s disaster and the hardships that farmers and their families faced during that time.

Twelve-year-old Millie's family is hesitant to leave the farm their family has owned for generations, but after Black Sunday they leave Oklahoma for California where they find a new kind of stuggle.

The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today. Presented in comic book format.