The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
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168 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 11, 2008 Type: User Review |
WE didnt know it was this bad
I was just a kid and I enjoyed those dust storms because they let school out
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 05, 2008 Type: User Review |
a dramatic and moving account of ordinary people
This is an excellent read, full of great detail. There were many things I had no idea about the dust bowl, such as the dust pneumonia and the dramatic examples of static electricity (could it really have killed a rooster?!) It was heart breaking...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 29, 2008 Type: User Review |
Humbling history
Puts this era in perspective with the Great Depression and the growth of America. A few weeks of $4 gas is no match for real hard times.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 22, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great History - Poor Language
I ordered this book and found the first few chapters fascinating, history wise. Then the vulgarity and profanity turned me off. Has Mr. Egan ever heard of TMI (too much information?) We can all assume that many of the cowboys around Dalhart...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
Outstanding!
It's one thing to have heard about the dust bowl through obscure references. It's another thing to hear the pain and suffering it caused to the people who lived through it. Incredible book and I wish I hadn't given it away...I would read it again.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
Fascinating
I just finished this book and it was marvelous. It is a complete account of a time so long forgotten. The 1930's and the Dust Bowl years intermingled with the worst depression ever makes for some vibrant history. I have fallen in love with this...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
The Worst Hard Times
Not only was it an entertaining book but quite a history lesson. The fact that the charactors in the book were real and the events were true made it more interesting. The descriptions of the living conditions were so graphic that it made me...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 07, 2008 Type: User Review |
I wanted to like it more
This is a book I thought I would like more. It started off pretty good - the background & history of the dustbowl is very interesting & something most people know very little about. It was interesting to see how peoples' greed & stupidity lead...
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 12, 2008 Type: User Review |
Fascinating
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 07, 2008 Type: User Review |
The "Grit of "Can't Put it Down History..."
Walter Cronkite is right in his blurb on the cover: this is "Can't Put It Down History...." And you feel the dirt and grit of it throughout the book.
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5.00/5 |
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