THE DUST BOWL on PBS

I’m a big fan of Ken Burns so I’m looking forward to this documentary about the Dust Bowl. Here is another man-made disaster that brought thousands of farmers to their knees. Diane and I really liked Ken Burns’ Prohibition series last year. Watching Ken Burns’ work is a painless way to learn history. Check for the local times in your area. And check out the trailer below.

17 thoughts on “THE DUST BOWL on PBS

  1. Todd Mason

    JAZZ was a weak series, particularly as it moved past swing and into the 1940s and later, so the quality of his productions is contingent on his partners…so…a painless way to take a first or refresher look at the subject in question, anyway…

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  2. Deb

    I’m so looking forward to this. My husband was born in Oklahoma and both sets of his grandparents lived through the Dust Bowl and his parents were born at the tail end of it, so there are plenty of “Dust Bowl memories” in the family.

    Todd–Burns has been a bit hit-or-miss for me. Although I love baseball, his baseball documentary bored me. But I really enjoyed his documentary about Prohibition. It probably helped that I’d just read Daniel Okrent’s Last Call, a history of prohibition, and he was one of Burns’s talking heads and contributors.

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  3. Patti Abbott

    Good book on the Dustbowl is THE WORST HARD TIME by Timothy Egan. Fiction, Phil liked THE TIME IT NEVER RAINED by Elmer Kelton.

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    1. george Post author

      Tell Phil I really enjoyed reading THE TIME IT NEVER RAINED, too, Patti. Kelton is an underrated writer. I’ll look for THE WORST HARD TIME.

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  4. Jeff Meyerson

    Patti, I’ve read a few mysteries set in the Dust Bowl and if I can remember the titles and authors I’ll list them.

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  5. Richard R.

    We’ll be watching too. I liked Civil War and the one on Lewis and Clark, Baseball and Jazz were weak. I’m also not convinced on his next one, du out sometime next year.

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    1. george Post author

      Here are Ken Burns’ future projects, Rick:
      The Central Park Five (2013)
      The Roosevelts (2014)
      Jackie Robinson (2015)
      Vietnam (2016)
      Country Music (2018)
      Ernest Hemingway (2019)

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  6. Cap'n Bob

    I liked Burns until I saw him on a show that was discussingthe idea of Confederate flags on state capitols or as part of state flags. He didn’t know what he was talking about.

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