The Dust Bowl 12 years old

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.

Credits

Cast

Name	Character
Peter Coyote He was 71 , now 83 years old	as Peter Coyote
Patricia Clarkson She was 52 , now 64 years old	as Hazel Lucas Shaw
Carolyn McCormick She was 53 , now 65 years old	as Caroline Henderson

Crew

Name	Job title
Ken Burns Directing He was 59 , now 71 years old	Director
Ken Burns Production He was 59 , now 71 years old	Producer
Dayton Duncan Production He was 63 , now 75 years old	Producer
Dayton Duncan Writing He was 63 , now 75 years old	Writer