The Dust Bowl Reaping the Whirlwind (Season 1, Episode 2)
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TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, History

The Dust Bowl

Reaping the Whirlwind (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, History

In the second episode of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break in the drought in 1939 -- eventually stabilize the ...See moreIn the second episode of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break in the drought in 1939 -- eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations. Written by Anonymous See less

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Coyote Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Donald Worster Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The End Is Nye (2022)
Wayne Lewis Self - Resident of Beaver County, OK Self - Resident of Beaver County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Dorothy Williamson Self - Resident of Prowers County, CO Self - Resident of Prowers County, CO See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Dorothy Kleffman Self - Resident of Texas County, OK Self - Resident of Texas County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Virginia Frantz Self - Resident of Beaver County, OK Self - Resident of Beaver County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Imogene Glover Self - Resident of Texas County, OK Self - Resident of Texas County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Clarence Beck Self - Resident of Cimarron County, OK Self - Resident of Cimarron County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Calvin Crabill Self - Resident of Prowers County, CO Self - Resident of Prowers County, CO See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Don Wells Self - Resident of Cimarron County, OK Self - Resident of Cimarron County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Pauline Durrett Robertson Self - Resident of Potter County, TX Self - Resident of Potter County, TX See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Pauline Hodges Self - Resident of Beaver County, OK Self - Resident of Beaver County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Lorene White Self - Resident of Stanton County, KS Self - Resident of Stanton County, KS See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Timothy Egan Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The End Is Nye (2022)
Irene Beck Hauer Self - Resident of Cimarron County, CO Self - Resident of Cimarron County, CO See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Louise Forester Briggs Self - Resident of Texas County, OK Self - Resident of Texas County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Floyd Coen Self - Resident of Morton County, KS Self - Resident of Morton County, KS See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Shirley Forester McKenzie Self - Daughter of Harry Forester Self - Daughter of Harry Forester See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
William Forester Self - Son of Harry Forester Self - Son of Harry Forester See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Robert Forester Self - Son of Harry Forester Self - Son of Harry Forester See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Robert McCoy Self - Resident of Texas County, OK (as Robert 'Boots' McCoy) Self - Resident of Texas County, OK (as Robert 'Boots' McCoy) See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
R. Douglas Hurt Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Pauline Robertson Self - Resident of Union County, NM Self - Resident of Union County, NM See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Sam Arguello Self - Resident of Union County, NM Self - Resident of Union County, NM See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Trixie Travis Brown Self - Resident of Lipscomb County, TX Self - Resident of Lipscomb County, TX See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Charles Shaw Self - Resident of Cimarron County, OK Self - Resident of Cimarron County, OK See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Carolyn McCormick Caroline Henderson (voice) Caroline Henderson (voice) See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Amy Madigan Sanora Babb (voice) Sanora Babb (voice) See fewer	Field of Dreams (1989)
Kevin Conway Ernie Pyle (voice) Ernie Pyle (voice) See fewer	Gettysburg (1993)
Kristy Patterson Thanks Thanks See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)