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Dogville directed by Lars von Trier
DVD/DOG
A fugitive is reluctantly accepted into a small Colorado town.

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
F/STE
The Joad family's desperate journey from Oklahoma to California.

Now in November by Josephine Johnson
F/JOH
A family's struggle to keep their farm and make a living.

O Brother, Where Art Thou directed by Joel Coen
DVD/O
Three cons escape prison in search of treasure in Mississippi.

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
ChF/HES
A young girl describes her life on an Oklahoma Dust Bowl farm through free verse.

Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression
by Errol Lincoln Uys
305.568/UYS
Documents the teenage hoboes who hopped trains to find jobs.

Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
F/CAL
A sharecropper in Georgia faces the harsh reality of the Depression.

Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb
F/BAB
Based on the author's own experiences, details a family's battle to
survive the Dust Bowl era.