The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowlâ A National Book Award Winner

Egan, Timothy

ISBN 10: 0618773479 / ISBN 13: 9780618773473

Editore: Mariner Books Classics, 2006

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Riassunto:

This National Book Award–winning story, a tour de force of historical reportage, rescues an iconic chapter of American history—the Dust Bowl that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression—from the shadows.

Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, Egan does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, “the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect” (New York Times).

In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is “arguably the best nonfiction book yet” (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature.

Informazioni sull?autore:

TIMOTHY EGAN is a national enterprise reporter for the New York Times. He is the author of five books and the recipient of several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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Titolo: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of ...
Casa editrice: Mariner Books Classics
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: very_good