Little by little the sky was darkened by the mixing dust, and the wind felt over the earth, loosened the dust, and carried it away . . . The finest dust did not settle back to earth now, but disappeared into the darkening sky . . . The corn fought the wind with its weakened leaves until the roots were freed by the prying wind and then each stalk settled wearily sideways toward the earth.
The Grapes of Wrath, 1939
For many farmers, John Steinbeck's description of the Dust Bowl is as tragically apt today as it was in the...
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