In his book “The Worst Hard Times,” writer Timothy Egan writes about the horrible days known as the Dust Bowl and the suffering of people during the Great Depression. Egan does this by telling the stories of the survivors who witnessed it, most of whom were children at the time or farmers. The dust bowl was caused by a severe drought caused by winds lifting soil that farmers would leave behind due to non-rotation. their crops. Warnings against soil erosion were ignored. Dust storms eventually swept across the Great Plains; suffocating and killing people and animals. Eventually, the dust storms reached populated cities like New York and Washington DC. Warnings against soil erosion were ignored. “God didn’t make this land to be plowed,” said Melt White, a teenager during the Dust Bowl. He also has an entire chapter for chapter on Don Hartwell, a farmer who kept a diary during the worst drought years. “Don Hartwell tightened his grip on the land, holding on to it because he had nothing else.” He was very determined to stay in the country even if everything was coming to an end. The book contains lucid descriptions of the event and at times Egan uses too much detail, which tires the reader within the first two pages of the book. He describes the storm with details such as: “It wasn't a rain cloud. Nor was it a cloud containing ice pellets. It wasn't a tornado. It was thick like coarse animal hair; he was alive. the feeling of being in a blizzard – a black blizzard, they called it – with an edge like steel wool. It is remarkable, however, how he can tell a story in such detail that many are not yet alive to tell. Egan tells the personal stories of families who moved in ...... middle of paper ......r in. Egan uses many rhetorical devices that help the story stand out, such as the rhetorical triangle in the early chapters and the hyperboles in the middle of the book. But Egan himself with redundant details and a certain bias towards the colonists. (whom he describes as the villains of the book). As noted above, the book is flawed with its redundant details and unpleasant tone, but it engages the reader with the recorded stories of others who were alive during the Dust Bowl. Combining the disastrous events of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression (while also including rhetorical devices and the rhetorical triangle), The Worst Hard Time is one of the greatest books on American history. You can tell that Egan is very committed to his work and the content of the book describes his passion. It leaves you wondering when the next “worst hard time” will be».