The following article is from the book Uncle John'...  ...prising answer is…probably yes. PARDON OUR DUSTOne of the most enduring images of 1930s America is o...  ...ar stuffed with possessions, hungry children with dusty bare feet, mothers trying desperately to put toge...  ...as, Colorado, and Missouri,...

You may recall the famous photograph known as "Migrant Mother", taken by Dorothea Lange of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in 1936. It was used over the years to illustrate the Great Depression. Thompson was a m...