Feb 28, 2018jquick99 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Don't get the audio.
First, I think you need photos to get a visual of the grasses [before] and how flat and barren the land is, and then of course a visual on the dust storms and carnage. Unsure of the quality of photos in the book…
Jan 26, 2018JCLJoyceM rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Life in the central U.S. was nasty during the Dust Bowl, including western Kansas. It’s hard to imagine living in these conditions.
Wind pushed fine dust through closed windows. People hung damp sheets to try to control the dust coming…
Jun 17, 2016DorisWaggoner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
My mother's parents homesteaded in 1907-1910 in SD, on marginal land in the Northern Plains. My mother felt that, inadvertently, her family's hard work contributed to the Dust Bowl. Reading Egan's book, I agree. One of the book's…
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