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

TheduststormsthatterrorizedtheHighPlainsinthedarkestyearsoftheDepressionwerelikenothingeverseenbeforeorsince.TimothyEgan'scriticallyacclaimedaccountrescuesthisiconicchapterofAmericanhistoryfromtheshadowsinatourdeforceofhistoricalreportage.Followingadozenfamiliesandtheircommunitiesthroughtheriseandfalloftheregion,Egantellsoftheirdesperateattemptstocarryonthroughblindingblackdustblizzards,cropfailure,andthedeathoflovedones.Brilliantlycapturingtheterrifyingdramaofcatastrophe,Egandoesequaljusticetothehumancharacterswhobecomehisheroes,"thestoic,long-sufferingmenandwomenwhoselivesheopensupwithurgencyandrespect"(NewYorkTimes).Inanerathatpromisesever-greaternaturaldisasters,"TheWorstHardTime"is"arguablythebestnonfictionbookyet"(AustinStatesmanJournal)onthegreatestenvironmentaldisasterevertobevisiteduponourlandandapowerfulcautionarytaleaboutthedangersoftriflingwithnature.