Thelma S. reviewed on 9/27/2012

Helpful Score: 1

This book is an amazing look at a dark time in our country's not to distant history. We have all probably seen photos of the dust bowl, but this book gives you an appreciation of the massive scale of the dust storms, and the excruciating challenges faced by those unfortunate souls that lived in their path. The author provides graphic details to help readers visualize the 1,800 mile wide dust storm that went all the way from eastern Kansas to New York City and on out to sea. He pulls you into the claustrophobic sod houses where parents helplessly watch their young children die from dust pneumonia. Definitely a book you will remember long after you finish reading.

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