The Dust Bowl
On PBS
A historical documentary examining an ecological catastrophe born from human hubris and environmental collapse during the Depression era.
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.
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Like The Dust Bowl
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Same Mood as The Dust Bowl
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Like The Dust Bowl, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
