On the cover of Out of the Dust, there is a picture of a young girl. The girl is a real girl, not a model. In Out of the Dust, there is a section in the back of the novel that explains the girl on the cover. Her name was Lucille Burroughs and she had lived during the Dust Bowl. She lived in Hale County, Alabama. Karen Hesse kept a photo of Lucille nearby while she worked on Out of the Dust. Lucille was her inspiration for Billie Jo's character. The pictures below are of real people and property that existed during the Dust Bowl.
This picture of a mother and her children became the face of the Dust Bowl.
A man caught during a dust storm. (Many people died if they were caught out in a dust storm with no protection from the storm.)
Damage from a dust storm.
*All pictures in this post came from the following sources:
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