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catchnrelease

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3. A real eye opener

Reply to LibinMo (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:33 PM

Apr 2013

As a 60 something yr old, I certainly knew about the Dust Bowl, but watching this program I really learned so much more. I had no idea of how long it lasted, how it affected the people other than they just went West, how they were treated when they got there, absentee landowner 'farmers', dust pneumonia, and so many other things. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the country's history, how the Dust Bowl came about and how it was turned around.

I still think about what was shown in this program and how it could so easily happen again.

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Ken Burns' The Dust Bowl airing on PBS right now [View all] LibinMo Apr 2013 OP

Thanks for the reminder. pengillian101 Apr 2013 #1

Ditto on the thank you. jeffrey_pdx Apr 2013 #2

A real eye opener catchnrelease Apr 2013 #3