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The Worst Hard Time
The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
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The Worst Hard Time
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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This National Book Award-winning story, a tour de force of historical reportage, rescues an iconic chapter of American history—the Dust Bowl that terrorised the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression—from the shadows.
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" (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 cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature.
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The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan has been praised for its vivid and gritty depiction of the Dust Bowl era, offering a fierce and humane account of this nearly decade-long calamity. It is described as a haunting and sobering narrative that captures a crucial part of American history, with Egan being commended for his passionate and accomplished writing. This work serves as a powerful piece of historical reportage, highlighting the lasting impact of policies from America's frontier days.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780618773473
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2006
Country: United States
Imprint: Mariner Books Classics
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 295g
Pages: 352
About the Author
TIMOTHY EGAN is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of eight other books, most recently The Immortal Irishman, a New York Times bestseller. His book on the Dust Bowl, The Worst Hard Time, won a National Book Award for nonfiction. His account of photographer Edward Curtis, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, won the Carnegie Medal for nonfiction. He writes a biweekly opinion column for the New York Times.
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