The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan’s National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows. The dust storms that terrorized the High …
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