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American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl DVD

$19.95
Item #: WA9972
In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the Dust Bowlers stayed and overcame an almost a decade of unbelievable calamities and disasters, enduring drought, dust, disease-even death-determined to preserve their ... ... More
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In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the Dust Bowlers stayed and overcame an almost a decade of unbelievable calamities and disasters, enduring drought, dust, disease-even death-determined to preserve their way of life.


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Producer: Chana Gazit
Production Year: 2007
Copyright Year: 1998
Rating: TV-PG
Narrator: Liev Schreiber
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 55 minutes
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 4x3 Full Screen

...powerful and affecting...  - The Boston Globe


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Maxine reviewed American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl DVD
5.0 star rating
A Most Excellent Documentary!
Review by Maxine review stating A Most Excellent Documentary!
For anyone who is a native of Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and the Midwest region of the United States, this documentary provides a unique and intriguing glimpse of the terrible experience known as the Dust Bowl.
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Pete reviewed American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl DVD
5.0 star rating
Dust Bowl
Review by Pete review stating Dust Bowl
I would recomend this to everyone who was born after the thirtys. It really tells how hard my parents and many othershad it in these years.
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Mary reviewed American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl DVD
5.0 star rating
Insightful presentation of the Dustbowl
Review by Mary review stating Insightful presentation of the Dustbowl
From the well laid out history of agricultural development to the rich interviews of those who survived this very difficult period, this program offers the best of educational programming.

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