The Dust Bowl

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.

First Air Date: 2012-11-18

Rating: 7.9/10

Cast

Patricia Clarkson

Peter Coyote

Carolyn McCormick