03184cam a2200397 4500 233535810 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780547347776 0547347774 B004H1UOSG Amazon 07979d71-ceda-4305-b689-98a7a95e94f1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 574733 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Egan, Timothy. The Worst Hard Time [Libby eBook] : The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2352kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. 20th Century. HTML:<p><b>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.</b></p> <p>The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy 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, he 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" (<i>New York Times</i>). In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is "arguably the best nonfiction book yet" (<i>Austin Statesman Journal</i>) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful reminder about the dangers of trifling with nature.</p> <p>This e-book includes a sample chapter of SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER.</p>. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Notable Books for Adults. National Book Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=07979d71-ceda-4305-b689-98a7a95e94f1 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/079/79D/71/WorstHardTime9780547347776.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=07979D71-CEDA-4305-B689-98A7A95E94F1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/079/79D/71/WorstHardTime9780547347776.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=07979D71-CEDA-4305-B689-98A7A95E94F1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/079/79D/71/WorstHardTime9780547347776.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=07979D71-CEDA-4305-B689-98A7A95E94F1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)