The Dust Bowl
About The Dust Bowl
Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.
The Dust Bowl is a documentary series made for PBS. It reached one season of 2 episodes from November 2012.
Patricia Clarkson appears as Hazel Lucas Shaw, Peter Coyote as Peter Coyote, and Carolyn McCormick as Caroline Henderson.
Shelv files it under 1930s, great depression, and dust storm. In the United States it streams on PBS, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, and Thirteen.
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