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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Paperback - 2006
by Egan, Timothy
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- very good
- Paperback
Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones in the darkest years of the Depression.
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- Title The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
- Author Egan, Timothy
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Boston
- Date 2006-08-31
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 230713036
- ISBN 9780618773473 / 0618773479
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Cultural Region: Plains
- Library of Congress subjects Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Great Plains - History - 20th century
- Dewey Decimal Code 978.032
Summary
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since.
Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, Egan does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, “the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect” (New York Times).
In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is “arguably the best nonfiction book yet” (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature.
Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, Egan does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, “the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect” (New York Times).
In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is “arguably the best nonfiction book yet” (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature.
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- New York Times, 10/08/2006, Page 36
