The Great American Dust Bowl: A Graphic Novel – Don Brown's Illustrated History of the Catastrophic 1930s

The Great American Dust Bowl: A Graphic Novel – Don Brown's Illustrated History of the Catastrophic 1930s

<P>A speck of dust is a tiny thing. In fact, five of them could fit into the period at the end of this sentence.</P><P>On a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions of these specks of dust to form a duster—a savage storm—on America's high southern plains. </P><P>The sky turned black, sand-filled winds scoured the paint off houses and cars, trains derailed, and electricity coursed through the air. Sand and dirt fell like snow—people got lost in the gloom and suffocated . . . and that was just the beginning.</P><P>Don Brown brings the Dirty Thirties to life with kinetic, highly saturated, and lively artwork in this graphic novel of one of America's most catastrophic natural events: the Dust Bowl.