The four winds
Large Print Book
Center Point Large Print edition.
Texas. 1921: A time of abundance. Elsa Wolcott meets Rafe Martinelli and changes the direction of her life. Her only choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. 1934: Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. Elsa Martinelli, like so many of her neighbors, must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. -- adapted from back cover
"Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli-like so many of her neighbors-must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation"--
"Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli-like so many of her neighbors-must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation"--
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| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Library | LARGE PRINT FICTION HANNAH (Text) Large Print |
31033152221945 |
Available - |
| Warner Library | LARGE PRINT HANNAH (Text) Large Print |
31033152218222 |
Available - |
| White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Large Print |
31544201079589 |
Checked out 05/02/2024 |
| White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Large Print |
31544201079605 |
Checked out 05/07/2024 |
| White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Large Print |
31544201079621 |
Checked out 06/03/2024 |
| Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | LARGE PRINT FICTION (Text) Large Print |
31035162118839 |
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| Yonkers Riverfront Library | LARGE PRINT FICTION (Text) Large Print |
31035600045867 |
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