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Author Egan, Timothy.

Title The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl / Timothy Egan.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  978 EGAN    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  978.032 EGAN    DUE 05-14-24 On Display
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  978.032 EGA    DUE 11-23-20 Billed
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  978 EG14    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  978.032 EGA    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  978.032 EGAN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  978.032 EGAN    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  978 EGA    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  978.03 E    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  978 EGA    Check Shelf

Description x, 340 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents pt. 1. Promise: the great plowup, 1901-1930. -- The wanderer -- No man's land -- Creating Dalhart -- High plains Deutsch -- Last of the great plowup -- pt. 2. Betrayal, 1931-1933. -- First wave -- A darkening -- In a dry land -- New leader, New Deal -- Big blows -- pt. 3. 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and 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.
Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN 061834697X
Standard No. 9780618346974
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