Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. Roosevelt signs the ...
But as the Dust Bowl continued for most of the decade and wheat prices plunged to the lowest in recorded history, two-thirds of Saskatchewan farmers were forced to line up for monthly aid.
The Dust Bowl chronicles this critical moment in American history in all its complexities and profound human drama. It is part oral history, using compelling interviews of 26 survivors of those ...