An inside story of living in the Dust Bowl of Kansas in the 1930s, written by a farmer who struggled through eight years of drought, crop failures, and dust storms, during which he and his neighbors survived only with the assistance of government relief programs.

Reprint. Originally published: An empire of dust. Caldwell, Idaho : Caxton Printers, 1940.

Foreword / R. Douglas Hurt -- Preface -- Introduction -- I harvest a wheat crop -- The land begins to blow -- Enter the AAA [Agricultural Adjustment Administration] -- Winds of chance -- A maize king abdicates -- Black blizzard -- Tragedies of dust -- Blow dirt farming -- A new menace strikes -- Heat -- Dust sickness -- If I should leave the dust bowl -- I fight for a harvest -- Last stand -- Exodus -- Conclusion.