Gabe Johnson's review for the New York Times:
A student's view: "The Dust Bowl and The Great Depression":
Woodie Guthrie "Talking Dust Bowl Blues":
Links:
Listen to Brain Naylor's report on The Grapes of Wrath and hear Woody Guthrie's 1940 song "Tom Joad" (npr.org).Listen to Voices from the American Dust Bowl, including folk songs (Library of Congress).
See photos of America during the Great Depression (Library of Congress).
Information about the PBS film, "Surviving the Dust Bowl" with timeline, maps and other documents about the period (www.pbs.org).
Visit "Weedpatch Camp," the Arvin Federal Government Camp that Steinbeck visited and called "Weedpatch Camp" in The Grapes of Wrath. The Camp is still used by migrant workers today (www.weedpatchcamp.com).
Study aids for the novel (wwu.edu).
About Route 66 (www.historic66.com), (national66.com).
