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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Egan, Timothy (1954-....)
Titre(s) : The worst hard time [Texte imprimé] : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl / Timothy Egan
Publication : Boston : Mariner Books, copyright 2006
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x, 340 pages) : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index. - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Award for nonfiction,
2007 ; National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction, 2006
"The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the
Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people
who held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist
and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through
the rise and fall of the region, going from sod homes to new framed houses to huddling
in basements with the windows sealed by damp sheets in a futile effort to keep the
dust out. He follows their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black blizzards,
crop failure, and the deaths of loved ones. Drawing on the voices of those who stayed
and survived - those who, now in their eighties and nineties, will soon carry their
memories to the grave - Egan tells a story of endurance and heroism against the backdrop
of the Great Depression."--Jacket
Sujet(s) : Dust Bowl (États-Unis, 1931-1939)
Sécheresse -- Grandes Plaines (États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Tempêtes de poussières -- Grandes Plaines (États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Conditions sociales -- Grandes Plaines (États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780618346974. - ISBN 061834697X. - ISBN 9780618773473. - ISBN 0618773479. -
ISBN 9781439562581. - ISBN 143956258X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb473521493
Notice n° :
FRBNF47352149
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : pt. 1. Promise: the great plowup, 1901-1930. ; The wanderer ; No man's land ;
Creating Dalhart ; High plains Deutsch ; Last of the great plowup ; pt. 2. Betrayal,
1931-1933. ; First wave ; A darkening ; In a dry land ; New leader, New Deal
; Big blows ; pt. 3. Blowup, 1934-1939. ; Triage ; The long darkness ; The struggle
for air ; Showdown in Dalhart ; Duster's eve ; Black Sunday ; A call to arms
; Goings ; Witnesses ; The saddest land ; Verdict ; Cornhusker II ; The last
men ; Cornhusker III ; Rain.
