In the 1930\'s, great rolling walls of Dust swept across the Great Plains.
Both a tale of natural destruction and a tribute to those who refused to give up, this is a beautiful exploration of an important time in our country\'s past..
Here, in riveting, accessible prose, and illustrated with moving historical quotations and photographs, acclaimed historian Albert Marrin explains the causes behind the disaster and investigates the Dust Bowl\'s imact on the land and the people.
It was a catastrophe that would change the course of American hiStory as people struggled to survive in this hostile environment, or took the the roads as Dust Bowl refugees.
The storms buried crops, blinded animals, and suffocated children.
In the 1930\'s, great rolling walls of Dust swept across the Great Plains
