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This was a tough one to get through. Not because it was dull but because it was so hard to read of the devastation and heartbreak and the knowing we never seem to learn from our past.“We want it now—and if it makes money now it’s a good idea. But if the things we’re doing are going to mess up the future, it wasn’t a good idea. Don’t deal in the moment. Take the long-term look at things. It’s important that we do the right thing by the soil and the climate.”“History,” he added, “is of value only
I remember the stories my mom and dad would share when the clouds of darkness came rumbling across the plains. Mom grew up in Davis, Ok and dad was in Fredrick, Ok. This story conveys everything this told me. “It didn’t matter what you did or how hard you tried, the dust come pouring in everywhere.” Nadena DawsonCould this disaster have been prevented? The obvious answer today is yes. No one knew about crop rotation back then. They planted and planted and kept on planting. Wheat had taken the le...
Companion piece to the PBS documentary of the same name, so if you have seen that you have seen most everything in this book. Still interesting, though, in its commentary on the hubris of 'productivity' and the necessity of seeing that we are interdependent.
Nol,No,This was a good but I had hated 0 for katie and her husband was very good at that time when she had been diagnosed in her childhood home in 0 but was born in new Jersey Jersey on 7PM in the wonder that
A long held memoryI grew up in North Dakota in the 30’s. The graphic pictures and the stories brought back vivid memories. It was not as bad as the Dust Bowl, but still very real. I doubt if young people believe these things happened. The pictures are proof.
This is a great book on a fascinating, yet tragic time in American history!Telling the story of the agricultural catastrophe known as the Dust Bowl in photographs and witness reports, it speaks directly to the reader, showing the various stages and facets of the worst man-made disaster the country had ever experienced up to date. It clarifies the reasons for the dust storms: how they developed, why they spread, and became worse with the years, and what were the consequences, both economic and so...
A ecological man made disaster that affected people in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas and New Mexico. Due to overuse, the soil would no longer hold to grow items. Droughts lasted for years, and dust storms would be 60 miles per hour and put dust 10,000 feet into the air. Sensing hope in California, there was a mass exodus to seek out work and homes. But, hope was eluding for them. A very informative book with detailing pictures.
“We ate so poorly that the hobos wouldn’t come to our house.” “There is a strange new population of 250,000 in California, and this number grows at the appalling rate of something like 100 a day.”Two years ago, almost the same time of year, I read Timothy Egan’s “The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dustbowl.” Timothy Egan, in fact, is quoted frequently throughout the pages, real or electronic, of Ken Burns “The Dust Bowl.” That book stayed with me in a
ILLUMINATING AND ENLIGHTENING.“Let me tell you how it was. I don’t care who describes it to you, nobody can tell it any worse than what it was. And no one exaggerates; there is no way for it to be exaggerated. It was that bad.” —Don Wells Cimarron County, Oklahoma (Kindle Locations 137-139)How do you critique a book that reads exactly like the soundtrack of a Ken Burns documentary sounds? This companion book to the PBS documentary of the same name: The Dust Bowl, An Illustrated History, delivers...
I'm sort of an amateur historian when it comes to disasters in America in the 1900s, be it man-made or natural. I originally started down this path after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005 with the intention of trying to figure out when and why Americans moved from a self-sufficient, get-going-again attitude to a sit-back and wait for a government handout when it came to these disasters. (I think this would be an outstanding topic for a doctoral thesis.)At any rate, the Dust Bowl, more...
Living in southern Colorado, and spending a lot of time around Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, I had heard of the Dust Bowl, and driven through towns where time seemed to have stopped c. 1935, but I really didn't know much about what happened, or why.I have not seen the documentary, but I certainly recommend the book. It does not go into great detail regarding the science of what happened, though it does give a brief summary and clues are picked up throughout the reading. However, it is a highly pe...
This is an excellent companion book to the Ken Burns PBS series. It’s the simultaneous story of the extreme hardship in the 1930’s with the story of man’s consuming of resources which caused the extreme hardship. A sentence from one of the admirable people in the book, Caroline Henderson, tells it all when she talks about the consumption of water in the Ogallala aquifer which started at the end of the Dust Bowl: “Here again we come up against the hard fact that every material resource comes to a...
Although I didn't see the Ken Burns film by the same name, I found the book to be a powerful representation of this period in history. Both the eyewitness accounts and the dramatic photos made the devastation of the Dust Bowl come alive.
A wonderful read about a time in our country’s history that I didn’t know very much about. Caroline Henderson’s bravery and love of nature were inspiring. The resilience and hard work were unbelievable. I really appreciate understanding how the land was “injured” and why the climate reacted. The visuals in the book and in the writing will stay with me.
