Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse takes place in the ramshackle, secluded town of Joyce City during the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930's
"Out of the Dust" is set in Oklahoma during the Great Depression, specifically in the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s. The story follows the protagonist, Billie Jo, as she struggles to survive amidst the harsh conditions of poverty, dust storms, and loss.
The clouds are made of dust. Pressure builds up once there is too much it rains.
The 'dust bowl' was the famous metaphor used to describe the Californian land. Over farming during the great depression in California, as well as the hot weather resulted in the terrain being very dry and not very good for crops.
There are many minerals that might cause cancer. Asbestos is one example of a highly dangerous mineral. When this dust is inhaled, the tiny fibers in the dust are so sharp that they cause damage in the lungs. The body tries to encapsulate this dust and in the end, cancer emerges. A bit crude explanation but not far from the true setting.
Somewhere around the 30's. I don't think he ever says explicitly, but it's basically at the start of the Great Depression. It is set during the Dust Bowl when farmers in that area had lost their lands because of the dust storms.
The short story "Penny in the Dust" by Ernest Buckler is set in a rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada. The story begins with the narrator returning back to his childhood home and reminiscing about his experiences with his father.
Cosmic dust, asteroidal dust, intergalactic dust, interstellar dust, comet dust, circumplanetary dust ~ it really depends on its astronomical location.
Dust to Dust - novel - was created in 2000.
Because the dust bowl is the SOURCE of the dust raised by a dust storm.
It is a reminder that from dust we were created and to dust we shall return
polvo = dust despolvorear = to dust
"Dust" has no plural form. It is what is known as an uncountable noun, like "flour" or "training". If you want to express that there was a lot of it you would have to say "much dust" or "many forms of dust"
The ISBN of Dust to Dust - novel - is 0-553-58252-6.