Philip S Long

Dreams, Dust, and Depression Philip S Long

The past takes on its most eloquent form when the people that have lived it, tell their own stories. This is an unusual book of history, which brings back the hopes and the fears of the hungry and penniless during the Great Depression. Dust storms that turned day into night, and the parched prairies into a dust bowl, broke the spirits of many. Rusting pumps marked water wells that were no more, and abandoned homes and farm-steads remained as monuments to futility. Ride with the truck drivers in the building of the great Fort Peck Dam. Follow the action and the danger that came with every precipitous curve. True History, set in Montana, and written with authority for readers of all ages, it is exciting reading and rings with the truth of experience that came from the... DREAMS, DUST, AND DEPRESSION