The Resource The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl, Timothy Egan
The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl, Timothy Egan
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- Summary
- "The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people who held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod homes to new framed houses to huddling in basements with the windows sealed by damp sheets in a futile effort to keep the dust out. He follows their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black blizzards, crop failure, and the deaths of loved ones. Drawing on the voices of those who stayed and survived - those who, now in their eighties and nineties, will soon carry their memories to the grave - Egan tells a story of endurance and heroism against the backdrop of the Great Depression."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 340 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781439562581
- Label
- The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl
- Title
- The worst hard time
- Title remainder
- the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl
- Statement of responsibility
- Timothy Egan
- Subject
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- Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains
- Droughts
- Droughts -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Dust storms
- 1900-1999
- Great Plains
- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
- Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- History
- Social conditions
- Dust storms -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
- Depressions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people who held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod homes to new framed houses to huddling in basements with the windows sealed by damp sheets in a futile effort to keep the dust out. He follows their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black blizzards, crop failure, and the deaths of loved ones. Drawing on the voices of those who stayed and survived - those who, now in their eighties and nineties, will soon carry their memories to the grave - Egan tells a story of endurance and heroism against the backdrop of the Great Depression."--Jacket
- Awards note
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- National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Award for nonfiction, 2007.
- National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction, 2006
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Egan, Timothy
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Droughts
- Dust storms
- Depressions
- Great Plains
- Great Plains
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Depressions
- Droughts
- Dust storms
- Social conditions
- Great Plains
- Label
- The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl, Timothy Egan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocm58788898
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- x, 340 pages
- Isbn
- 9781439562581
- Lccn
- 2005008057
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
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- 9780618346974
- 9780618773473
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Label
- The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl, Timothy Egan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocm58788898
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- x, 340 pages
- Isbn
- 9781439562581
- Lccn
- 2005008057
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
-
- 9780618346974
- 9780618773473
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
Subject
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains
- Droughts
- Droughts -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Dust storms
- 1900-1999
- Great Plains
- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
- Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- History
- Social conditions
- Dust storms -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
- Depressions
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