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[The following is from the perspective of a boy who grew up during the Great Depression in the United States, in South Dakota.]

He went pheasant hunting too, as most South Dakota boys did. It was his father’s passion and his father taught him how to shoot a shotgun, a 16-gauge single-barrel. While hunting he saw dust storms turn the sky black. He saw hordes of grasshoppers eating the crops and even chewing their way through hoe handles. In town he saw banks and stores close their doors in bankruptcy. Once, while hunting with his father, he saw a farmer named Art Kendall sitting on the steps of his back porch, tears streaming down his face. Kendall explained to McGovern’s father that he had just received a check from the stock yards for that year’s production of pigs. The check did not cover the cost of trucking the pigs to market. By the time McGovern entered high school, nearly one farmer in five had lost his land to foreclosure.

Source:

Ambrose, Stephen E. “Where They Came From.” The Wild Blue: The Crews of the B-24. Simon & Schuster, 2002. 30. Print.

Further Reading:

George Stanley McGovern
[**The following is from the perspective of a boy who grew up during the Great Depression in the United States, in South Dakota.**] >He went pheasant hunting too, as most South Dakota boys did. It was his father’s passion and his father taught him how to shoot a shotgun, a 16-gauge single-barrel. While hunting he saw dust storms turn the sky black. He saw hordes of grasshoppers eating the crops and even chewing their way through hoe handles. In town he saw banks and stores close their doors in bankruptcy. Once, while hunting with his father, he saw a farmer named Art Kendall sitting on the steps of his back porch, tears streaming down his face. Kendall explained to [McGovern](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Director_of_Food_for_Peace_George_S._McGovern_with_Visitors_%2814170197096%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)’s father that he had just received a check from the stock yards for that year’s production of pigs. The check did not cover the cost of trucking the pigs to market. By the time McGovern entered high school, nearly one farmer in five had lost his land to foreclosure. _________________________ **Source:** Ambrose, Stephen E. “Where They Came From.” *The Wild Blue: The Crews of the B-24*. Simon & Schuster, 2002. 30. Print. _________________________ **Further Reading:** [George Stanley McGovern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern)

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