My Review:
★★★★★
The Worst Hard Time (The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl)
by Timothy Egan

This grandiose book, The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (340 pages, paperback) is among the best of best books I have read in my life. I originally read the book in one of my hardest times, but the book is so stacked and packed with great details about a hard time in the United States history. The book is written in tiers in the stance as if written through the survivors of the Dust Bowl, moving from the various regions affected by the Dust Bowl with the wrath it brought. It is formatted in excellent writing structure. Action packed as written, the book The Worst Hard Time is a must read for any history buff, weather follower, or agricultural guru. Because this book is so great, the day I joined Goodreads, I added this book as my first and foremost read. Therefore, I give the full five stars on the following categories:

1. Readability. A book’s degree of readability is the base layer of my reviewer’s pyramid, and the foundation for any good story.
2. Immersion.
3. Character Depth and/or Plot Intricacy.
4. Originality and Innovation.
5. Thematic Profundity.

I recommend this book to all of my followers, friends and family. Once you start reading this book, you absolutely will not be able to put it down! Happy reading!

Description
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Synopsis
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. 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.

Book details:
The Worst Hard Time (The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl)
by Timothy Egan
History | Nonfiction | American History | Historical | Audiobook | Environment | Nature | Survival | American | Adult
Published: September 1, 2006 (Mariner Books)
Published by: Mariner Books
Length: 340 pages, Paperback
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Publication date: December 14, 2005

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