| The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Contributor(s): Egan, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 061834697X ISBN-13: 9780618346974 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains during the Depression, going from sod huts to new framed houses to basements with the windows sealed by damp sheets in a futile effort to keep the dust out. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 20th Century - Nature | Natural Disasters |
| Dewey: 978.032 |
| LCCN: 2005008057 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Plains |
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| Publisher Description: In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan's National Book Award-winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows. The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy 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, he 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 reminder about the dangers of trifling with nature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Egan, Timothy: - TIMOTHY EGAN is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a New York Times columnist, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in nonfiction. His previous books include The Worst Hard Time, which won a National Book Award, and the national bestseller The Big Burn. He lives in Seattle, Washington. |