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73 Stories
panoutsider- Reads 3
- Parts 2
The story of two friends as they embark on an adventure to have a better life but end up getting stuck in the disaster of the Western Dust Bowl.+3 more- Reads 3
kdabbott- Reads 21
- Parts 1
This story is the alternate ending to the Kristin Hannah story The Four Winds. This story follows the Martinelli family as they flee from Texas to California during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Single mom, Elsa works as a farm laborer to support her two children, Loreda and Anothony, "Ant" after being abandoned by her husband Rafe. In California, Elsa is paid poorly and soon joins a movement by the workers for better wages and working conditions.- Reads 21
NicoleJLeBoeuf- Reads 10
- Parts 3
The city only came out at noon, and no one but Tabitha could see it.+11 more- Reads 10
Blindwriter401- Reads 83
- Parts 1
In my science class we're learning about droughts, and along with that we learned about the Dust Bowl. For an assignment we have to write a story from a first person view of someone going through the Dust Bowl. So I thought why not write it on here and publish it as well as get a grade from it.+4 more- Reads 83
GarrisonWeber- Reads 24
- Parts 1
The Earth is dead. Dust consumes the air that once was the defining factor that made earth su unique. Yet now it's plants life is gone, eroded and blown into the high winds that circle the earth and its animals during of dehydration. And human life, dispute spreading to the far reaches of the cosmos still has a hope. A hope that once day the earth can be restored. That life can grow on it once more...+6 more- Reads 24
Chiefseattle- Reads 25
- Parts 1
10 years ago, America was dry. Hard as a rock, Covered in dust. Like powdery snow. Sand whirled around, dust storms. Crops were dead, buried alive. Because of these dust storms, people had to hide in there houses. Of course, Black Tuesday was not great either, the stocks plummeted so bad. My family, Thank the gods, was not affected. We were farmers, But the next ten years? We were always hungry. My father fled, with me and my mother, The only ones, out of a family of 12, That survived. My mother was devastated, burying her children in the Caking dust. She could not fled her children like that. Dead or alive. She decided to stay, And I have not seen her since. It is know only me and my father, And were on a Campbell Soup Truck. We snuck in, Resting our tired feet. But this is only the beginning of my Tale.- Reads 25
prairie-ghoul- Reads 6
- Parts 1
The true story of the Dust Bowl black blizzards and a warning for us all.+11 more- Reads 6
ficflash- Reads 70
- Parts 1
One of the greatest environmental disasters of the 20th century sends 15 year old Jack Martin in search of a better life.- Reads 70
burntheashes13- Reads 27
- Parts 11
After the Dust Bowl stole his wife, John is forced to raise his son Daniel. John's brother Michael does everything he can to help, but it just seems like John is slowly losing his mind.- Reads 27
CaitlynEdwardson- Reads 2
- Parts 1
Sadie, is a teenage girl forced to clean out her Grandmother's attic. As she begins cleaning she notices an old, dusty Diary, curiosity over takes her as she wants to know what is written inside. This is the story etched into the old, abandoned book.+3 more- Reads 2
BardtholomewSimpson- Reads 3
- Parts 1
A traveling salesman, weary from the road, selling fertilizer during the Dust Bowl has reached his final sale.- Reads 3