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

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

Timothy Egan

340 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging informative slow-paced
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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 Plains in the darkest years of the Depression we...

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informative 90%
sad 53%
dark 45%
reflective 29%
emotional 28%
challenging 23%
tense 13%
inspiring 7%
adventurous 5%
hopeful 5%

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slow 45%
fast 5%

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