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KPR Presents (archived episodes)

The Worst Hard Time: Surviving the Dust Bowl

By Kaye McIntyre
Published January 30, 2014 at 5:34 AM CST
Dust Bowl photo USDA/Public Domain by Janet Larsen

Worst Hard Time

The forecast: hot, dry, and windy! On this week's KPR Presents, we travel back to the Dust Bowl days. We'll hear from Timothy Egan, author of The Worst Hard Time, the winner of the National Book Award and the University of Kansas Common Book for 2013-14.

 

(Photo: USDA/Public Domain by Janet Larsen)

 

 

 

KPR Presents (archived episodes)
Kaye McIntyre
Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, and To the Best of Our Knowledge. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.
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