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The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath...
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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
3) Skinny dip
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Chaz Perrone might be the only marine scientist in the world who doesn’t know which way the Gulf Stream runs. He might also be the only one who went into biology just to make a killing, and now he’s found a way–doctoring water samples so that a ruthless agribusiness tycoon can continue illegally dumping fertilizer into the endangered Everglades. When Chaz suspects that his wife, Joey, has figured out his scam, he pushes her overboard...
4) The fields
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Riley Fisher volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Some things don't stay buried. It starts with a body--a young woman found dead in an Iowa cornfield, on one of the few family farms still managing to compete with the giants of Big Agriculture. When Sergeant Riley Fisher, newly promoted to head of investigations for the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office, arrives on the scene, an already horrific crime becomes personal when she discovers the victim was a childhood friend, connected to a dark past...
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Soil survey volume ser. 1937, no. 22
Publisher
[G.P.O.]
Pub. Date
1947.
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133 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (1 color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Miscellaneous publication volume 1063
Publisher
Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pub. Date
[1991-]
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volumes ; 22 cm.
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English
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Farmers' bulletin volume no. 1590
Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pub. Date
1939.
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Slightly revised April 1939.
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ii, 22 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Farmers' bulletin volume no. 1690
Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pub. Date
1932.
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22 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm.
Language
English
16) Farm water power
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Farmers' bulletin volume no. 1658
Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pub. Date
1931.
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ii, 22 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm.
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English
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Farmers' bulletin volume no. 1214
Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pub. Date
1921.
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Revised Jan. 1932.
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13 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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Publication volume 717
Publisher
University of Tennessee, Agricultural Extension Service
Pub. Date
[1976]
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11 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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