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elleng

(130,865 posts) Wed Aug 31, 2022, 10:50 PM Aug 2022

*Surviving The Dust Bowl

Children of 1930s Plains farmers recall the Dust Bowl, the eight-year drought that was made far worse by the 30 years of aggressive farming that preceded it.

Has been on PBS, MPT. Check local listings.

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*Surviving The Dust Bowl (Original Post) elleng Aug 2022 OP

Watched it liberal N proud Aug 2022 #1

Nanci Griffith... This Old Town... Other Voices, Other Rooms... ultralite001 Sep 2022 #2

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)

1. Watched it

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2022, 11:18 PM

Aug 2022

My parents used to tell stories

ultralite001

(894 posts)

2. Nanci Griffith... This Old Town... Other Voices, Other Rooms...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:10 AM

Sep 2022

This old town should've burned down in 1931
When the rain refused to come
Air filled up our bellies
Dust filled up our lungs
And we thought our time had come...

That is all...

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