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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl [Buy it!] | Egan Timothy | USD 5.65 (Sun May 26 03:24:37 2024) | Biblio | Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller | Mariner Books, Date: 2006. Softcover. Good. 5x0x8. Some underlining, else in Very good condition. The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since.Timothy Eganâs 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 2006. Mariner Books ISBN 0618773479 9780618773473 [US] |