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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Author: Timothy Egan
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 r...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780618773473
ISBN-10: 0618773479
Publication Date: 9/1/2006
Pages: 352
Edition: Reprint
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  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 203 ratings
Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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 reviewed The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 44
Can't put down story of those who survived the American Dust Bowl years. Dramatic, heart-wrenching and haunting. Powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature. Truth really is stranger than fiction.
reviewed The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 26
Good account of the Dust Bowl area and those that stayed through this time.
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Helpful Score: 21
This is a very well written book about the horrific dusters, "snusters", and government scams. It tells, in many of the survivors's own words, how people's dreams were shattered by many droughts and gov't greed. The land they were given still held an indescribable "pull " for most, however, even though it had failed them.. The resilience of the human spirit is felt very keenly.
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Helpful Score: 16
These stories are hard to take, especially knowing how our government was involved.
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I must truly say that this was the best book I read all year!!
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 reviewed The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl on + 5 more book reviews
I enjoyed it a lot. A very good history of an exceptional period in America's past. I especially enjoyed the personal stories from this period.
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Very captivating story about this era of American history. The stories of the survivors were excellent. I highly recommend if you enjoy historical nonfiction.
reviewed The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl on + 148 more book reviews
The book does a good job of describing the helplessness and suffering. It does a very poor job of analysis.
The problem of the dust bowl was that the government gave out land without knowing the land to people who didn't know the land.
This region goes through wet and dry periods. In the dry periods one does not make it as a farmer unless they have some serious infrastructure.
If FDR and Hoover had left the economy alone it would have rallied and people would have been able to grow other businesses while the farmers were struggling.
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Well written history of the American Dust Bowl. Definitely kept my interest, as depressing as it was and it was interesting to see how the Roosevelt's eff\\\affected it.
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Excellently written book! Thoroughly enjoyed the history of the Dust Bowl. How tragic!

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