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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl: A National Book Award Winner
Contributor(s): Egan, Timothy (Author)

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ISBN: 0618773479     ISBN-13: 9780618773473
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2006
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Annotation: 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 in the darkest years of the Depression.
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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
Age Level: 14-UP
Grade Level: 9-UP
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.65 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Cultural Region - Plains
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Review Citations: New York Times 10/08/2006 pg. 36
 
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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.
 
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