The Dust Bowl: An Illustrated History

by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan

In this riveting chronicle, which accompanies a documentary to be broadcast on PBS in the fall, Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns capture the profound drama of the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Terrifying photographs of mile-high dust storms, along with firsthand accounts by more than two dozen eyewitnesses, bring to life this heart-wrenching catastrophe, when a combination of drought, wind, and poor farming practices turned millions of acres of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452107947
• ISBN13: 9781452107943
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 3.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 11.3"