Out of the Dust

Billie Jo is born (pg. 3)

Aug 1, 1920

August 1920

Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney are betting who can kill the most rabbits (pg. 6)

Jan 1, 1934

Livie moves away (pg. 8)

Jan 1, 1934

Billie Jo performs at birthday ball (pg. 15)

Jan 1, 1934

Daddy's birthday (pg. 17)

Jan 1, 1934

A little bit of rain (pg. 23)

Feb 1, 1934

Daddy might take a loan from Roosevelt (pg. 26)

Mar 1, 1934

Billie Jo took the state tests (pg. 30)

Mar 1, 1934

Huge dust storm is happening (pg. 31)

Mar 1, 1934

Banks close; money come back (pg. 38)

Apr 1, 1934

One fourth of wheat is lost (pg. 39)

Apr 1, 1934

Ma and Daddy argue about crops (pg. 40)

Apr 1, 1934

Billie Jo hears of Madame Butterfly (pg. 42)

Apr 1, 1934

Apple blossoms grow on Ma's trees. (pg. 43)

May 1, 1934

Apple blossoms grow into hard green balls (pg. 45)

Jun 1, 1934

Dust storm then hard rain (pg. 46)

Jun 1, 1934

Wheat that managed to grow harvested (pg. 48)

Jun 1, 1934

Billie Jo earns a little money (pg. 49)

Jun 1, 1934

It rains, only three quarters of an inch (pg. 55)

Jul 1, 1934

Ma and Billie Jo get burned by the kerosene (og. 60)

Jul 1, 1934

Billie Jo has a nightmare about the dust and the burns (pg. 63)

Jul 1, 1934

Daddy spends the emergency money on alcohol (pg. 67)

Jul 1, 1934

Billie Jo's brother died, so did Ma. pgs. 69-70

Aug 1, 1934

The grasshoppers eat Ma's apple trees (pg. 68)

Aug 1, 1934

Billie Jo's birthday (pg. 74)

Aug 1, 1934

Billie Jo compares volcano eruption in Kilauea to a dust storm (pg. 79)

Sep 1, 1934

Mrs. Brown's plant blooms in the dust then dies (pgs. 81-82)

Sep 1, 1934

Daddy got a job at Wireless Power (pg. 87)

Oct 1, 1934

It almost rained (pg. 88)

Nov 1, 1934

Billie-Jo wasn't invited to play basketball for once (pg. 89)

Nov 1, 1934

It snowed real snow! (pg. 90)

Nov 1, 1934

Billie-Jo plays piano with Arlet (pg. 91)

Dec 1, 1934

Billie-Jo has a crush on Mad Dog (pg. 91)

Dec 1, 1934

Mad Dog tells his tale (pg. 93)

Dec 1, 1934

There is an art exhibit in the courthouse (pg. 94)

Dec 1, 1934

Rain (pg. 104)

Jan 1, 1935

Haydon P. Nye dies (pg.107)

Jan 1, 1935

Ma "haunts" Billie-Jo (pg. 110)

Jan 1, 1935

Birthday ball (pg. 115)

Jan 1, 1935

Joe De La Flor's cows are killed (pg. 102)

Jan 1, 1935

State tests again (pg. 99)

Jan 1, 1935

Government sends food (pg. 117)

Feb 1, 1935

"we came in to find a family no one knew." (pg. 119)

Feb 1, 1935

A baby is born (pg. 123)

Feb 1, 1935

Billie-Jo plays at the talent show (pg. 131)

Feb 1, 1935

Billie-Jo plays at Arley's show (pg. 135)

Mar 1, 1935

Snow (pg. 137)

Mar 1, 1935

Father goes to night school (pg. 138)

Mar 1, 1935

Pete Guymon dies (pg. 140)

Mar 1, 1935

Dust storm (pg. 142)

Mar 1, 1935

Rains everywhere but where Billie-Jo lives (pg. 142)

Mar 1, 1935

Billie-Jo wants to go away from the dust (pg. 148)

Mar 1, 1935

Hayden P. Nye's wife dies (pg. 149)

Mar 1, 1935