Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

9 reviews

jamelchior's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a truly remarkable story that was barely mentioned when I learned US history in school. Through aggressive and unwise farming practices, encouraged by stupid policy decisions, we came within an eyelash of completely destroying the farmland and clean air of the western Plains. Through personal resilience and a seeming miracle, the nation came together to undo much of the damage.

The writing in this book is vivid and there are many individual stories and photographs. It’s one of the books that everyone should read so we can avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Colonisation

Environmental destruction/ecocide

_kaemae's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, and Terminal illness

Racism is mentioned in relation to how the time period treated black men, but is not expressly commented upon.

clairephillips's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Medical content, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jbosio's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

5.0

An informative book about a forgotten time in American history, the Dust Bowl. I loved the personal stories of those who lived through that tragic time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

growlingpuppy's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Racism, Death of parent, and Classism

craftyanty's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Such an important piece of US and environmental history.  I had to step away from this one a few times because it is filled with so much pain and heartbreak, but it was really interesting to learn about all of it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

janenx01's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I thought I knew everything I needed to know about the Dust Bowl, but I was incorrect. Better than the Ken Burns documentary and not just because I didn't have to listen to "Bringing in the Sheaves" over and over. 

I really wanted to find out what happened to Don Hartwell, a farmer in Nebraska, but the book left me hanging and I had to google a bit, but that is my only issue. 

Listened to the audio book, I'd only give the reader 2/5 - please stop doing accents. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Child death

Child death not described in detail. Animal death definitely was.

rchltnnswd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

boysen_bean's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death