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Winner of the 2006 NBA Nonfiction

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

by Timothy Egan

Recorded edition: Houghton Mifflin · December 14, 2005 · ISBN 061834697X · Edition source

Approximately 352 pages

Estimated reading time: 9–12 hours at 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate.

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2006 winner

National Book Award for Nonfiction

United States · Nonfiction

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