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The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American Dust Bowl  Cover Image Book Book

The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American Dust Bowl / Timothy Egan.

Egan, Timothy. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780618773473 ($15.00)
  • ISBN: 0618773479 ($15.00)
  • Physical Description: x, 340 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Mariner book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-327) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Live Through This -- I promise: Great Plowup, 1901-1930: Wanderer -- No man's land -- Creating Dalhart -- High plains Deutsch -- Last of the great plowup -- Betryal, 1931-1933: First Wave -- Darkening -- In a dry land -- New leader, New Deal -- Big blows -- Blowup, 1934-1939: -- Triage -- Long darkness -- Struggle for Air -- Showdown in Dalhart -- Duster's eve -- Black Sunday -- Call to arms -- Goings -- Witnesses -- Saddest land -- Verdict -- Cornhusker II -- Last men -- Cornhusker III -- Rain -- Epilogue -- Notes and sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject: Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Droughts > Great Plains > History > 20th century.
Dust storms > Great Plains > History > 20th century.
Depressions > 1929 > Great Plains.
Great Plains > History > 20th century.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library F 595 .E38 2006 30534461 General Collection Available -


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