The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan — Review

This astonishing book about the American Dust Bowl in the 1920s-1930s explores the social and political factors that caused it and reveals why so many people stayed put

“Migrant Mother,” a photograph taken in Nipomo, California, in March 1936, captured the despair of that era through the eyes of a 32-year-old mother who had just sold her car tires for food. (Credit: Dorothea Lange)

What do you think of when you hear the phrase, “Dust Bowl”? Like most people, I learned about the Dust Bowl in my high school history class…