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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Book Description: The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest yearsof the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since.Timothy Egan's critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapterof American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historicalreportage. Following a dozen families and their communities throughthe rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts tocarry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and thedeath of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe,Egan does equal justice to the human characters who becomehis heroes, "the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives heopens up with urgency and respect" (New York Times).In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The WorstHard Time is "arguably the best nonfiction book yet" (Austin StatesmanJournal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visitedupon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers oftrifling with nature.

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