Analysis Of The Worst Hard Time By Timothy Egan
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Presently, as many people enjoy the beauty of the prairie either in the north or in south, they fail or do not understand that a big proportion of those plains are consequently modern era ecological disaster. It is common to hear people talk about “the Dust Bowl or “the Dirty ‘30s”. This is where Timothy Egan in his non-fiction book The Worst Hard Time basis his book, i.e., on the historical 1930 Dust Bowl. In his book, Egan critically examines the origin and the consequences of the Dust Bowl. This book critically evaluates this dust ball and does not ignore the economic and physical effects while still touching one lives lost and lives of the survivors.
In reference to The Worst Hard Time, the Dust Bowl hit a widen plain ranging from …show more content…
Men could not shake hands due to the high voltage of static electricity while all metallic gadgets were shielded with cloth to avoid shock. Inhaling dust was inevitable for animals and human yet the dust was accompanied with silica from prairie, which is lethal as it accumulates and causes silicosis. Egan notes “But it takes years to build up. In the High Plains, doctors were seeing a condition similar to silicosis after just three years of storms. ... By the mid-1930s, a fourth condition, dust pneumonia, was rampant. It was one of the biggest killers” (ibid 173). The years of Dust Blow devastated the towns and families economically, emotionally and physically. There was vast internal migration. In 1936, a Nebraska farmer noted, “July saw the worst month (so far) of the worst year ever” (ibid 247). It is inevitable to note that the Dust Bowl caused deaths to both the animals and the human beings. The farmers could not farm and lived on what they had saved and when their stock was exhausted, some had to eat tumbleweeds. Eventually, the all present dust slowed the economic growth of
Presently, as many people enjoy the beauty of the prairie either in the north or in south, they fail or do not understand that a big proportion of those plains are consequently modern era ecological disaster. It is common to hear people talk about “the Dust Bowl or “the Dirty ‘30s”. This is where Timothy Egan in his non-fiction book The Worst Hard Time basis his book, i.e., on the historical 1930 Dust Bowl. In his book, Egan critically examines the origin and the consequences of the Dust Bowl. This book critically evaluates this dust ball and does not ignore the economic and physical effects while still touching one lives lost and lives of the survivors.
In reference to The Worst Hard Time, the Dust Bowl hit a widen plain ranging from …show more content…
Men could not shake hands due to the high voltage of static electricity while all metallic gadgets were shielded with cloth to avoid shock. Inhaling dust was inevitable for animals and human yet the dust was accompanied with silica from prairie, which is lethal as it accumulates and causes silicosis. Egan notes “But it takes years to build up. In the High Plains, doctors were seeing a condition similar to silicosis after just three years of storms. ... By the mid-1930s, a fourth condition, dust pneumonia, was rampant. It was one of the biggest killers” (ibid 173). The years of Dust Blow devastated the towns and families economically, emotionally and physically. There was vast internal migration. In 1936, a Nebraska farmer noted, “July saw the worst month (so far) of the worst year ever” (ibid 247). It is inevitable to note that the Dust Bowl caused deaths to both the animals and the human beings. The farmers could not farm and lived on what they had saved and when their stock was exhausted, some had to eat tumbleweeds. Eventually, the all present dust slowed the economic growth of