Comments about PBS Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl DVD:

As a teacher and an Okie living in California I look forward to using this in my high school classroom -- I sure wish there were more folks like Marc (post two below)that purchase a copy for themselves and one for their local school or teacher. Students are so visual these days and nothing helps them understand history better the a film!

Comments about PBS Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl DVD:

I grew up in Elkhart, Kansas and remember the dusts storms during the 50's, as well as the stories told by my parents and grandmother of the Dirty Thirties. We owned the drugstore shown in the footage. After watching the documentary I have new respect for those who stayed. I appreciate the way Ken Burns capatured not only the desolation of the dust storms but also the way he captured the beauty of that land and it's people. The blue skies, the magnificant sunsets, the wheat, the stillness ... Viewing The Dust Bowl will allow me to always go home.

Comments about PBS Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl DVD:

I am buying two copies of the Dust Bowl. I didn't get to see the entire movie, so the first one is for me. The second one I will donate to a high school down the street from me in Moore, OK. I have already given them copies of THE CIVIL WAR and PROHIBITION for their history and government departments to use in teaching. Ken Burns and his crew should be congratulated. They are the best.

Comments about PBS Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl DVD:

Once again, Ken Burns has given us another great documentary from American history. The story was so moving and I cried through most of the show. Very touching. My father once told me when he was a little boy (he was born in 1925)he remembered seeing the rolling black dust clouds moving across the sky in Neshoba County, Mississippi. It must have been an impressive site for a small boy to remember it. It was some tough times back then.

Comments about PBS Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl DVD:

I watched this on pbs. My great uncle moved to Oaklahoma from Canada in the 20's.I am awed by the endurance of those people.We were very poor growing up but these people put me to shame.It certainly puts life in perspective.