Memorial Hall Library

The worst hard time, the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl, Timothy Egan

Label
The worst hard time, the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl, Timothy Egan
Language
eng
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The worst hard time
Responsibility statement
Timothy Egan
Series statement
MVLC Book Club Kits
Sub title
the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl
Table Of Contents
Promise: the great plowup, 1901-1930. The wanderer-- No man's land -- Creating Dalhart -- High plains Deutsch -- Last of the great plowup -- Betrayal, 1931-1933. First wave -- A darkening -- In a dry land -- New leader, New Deal -- Big blows -- Blowup, 1934-1939. Triage -- The long darkness -- The struggle for air -- Showdown in Dalhart -- Duster's eve -- Black Sunday -- A call to arms -- Goings -- Witnesses -- The saddest land -- Verdict -- Cornhusker II -- The last men -- Cornhusker III -- Rain