My Dad, who is still alive, kept a diary of growing up during the Dust Bowl in US midwest. Unfortunately, that diary is lost. But those days of dust and droug

My Dad, who is still alive, kept a diary of growing up during the Dust Bowl in US midwest. Unfortunately, that diary is lost. But those days of dust and drought, growing up on a farm during the Great Depression, and later going to war in the South Pacific and coming back and then working as a civil rights worker left an indelible mark on him. He really enjoyed a book I gave him recently, Bill Bryson's "One Summer -- America, 1927". He says that it brings back many memories.