{"product_id":"worst-hard-time-the-untold-story-of-those-who-survived-the-great-american-dust-bowl","title":"Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis National Book Award–winning story, a tour de force of historical reportage, rescues an iconic chapter of American history—the Dust Bowl that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression—from the shadows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Worst Hard Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is “arguably the best nonfiction book yet” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAustin Statesman Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003ecollapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50214242877725,"sku":"9780618773473","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780618773473.jpg?v=1754062659","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/worst-hard-time-the-untold-story-of-those-who-survived-the-great-american-dust-bowl","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}