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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.

2012 |1 Season  | 1h 58m |  Documentary

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Patricia Clarkson

Hazel Lucas Shaw

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Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

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Carolyn McCormick

Caroline Henderson

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Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

PBS