Lawrence Svobida
Lawrence Svobida (June 15, 1908 – August 3, 1984) was an American farmer during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression and American writer. He is known for his work Farming the Dust Bowl: A First-Hand Account from Kansas, which was published in 1940, in which he details his experiences as a farmer in Oklahoma, Kansas, and the Great Plains region from 1929 to 1939. He was married to Agnes Svobida (October 20, 1913 - March 26, 1991). He also wrote An Empire of Dust about the Dust Bowl.[1] He is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Cove, Polk County, Arkansas.
References
[edit]- ^ Hoehnle, Peter (2001). "Beyond the Dust Bowl: Lawrence Svobida, 1908-1984". Agricultural History. 75 (3): 271–278. doi:10.1215/00021482-75.3.271. ISSN 0002-1482. JSTOR 3745130. S2CID 247897461.
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