Just read The 4 winds

[efhmc]

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I could tell from the beginning that this writer was not a Texan. While my 5 generations of Texans never lived in the Panhandle, I have had plenty of friends and far off relatives who did. After reading this, I asked around to my fellow readers their opinion about the book. Had trouble finding anyone who read it because "it was too depressing". Well sure. Not exactly a happy subject. I found much of this book too formulaic in many ways: For instance the way certain classes and types of people are portrayed. BTW, good men can be short and bald and evil men can be tall and hairy. It was also way too long. Like a lecture that you have to finish to get credit for in a class. What I would really love is an actual account from a woman who lived through this. Have searched but not found it. Sure it is out there. Which just made me realize that I posted this in the wrong forum. While the subject of the book is nonfiction, the person who wrote it wrote fiction.

[NanaCat]

1. If you mean The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

Yes, it's a fiction book, not non-fiction. You can delete this post and re-post it in the fiction section where it belongs.

Some advice: Always list the author of the work you want to discuss. Many books have the same or similar titles, so listing the author always helps prevent confusion for the rest of us.

[txwhitedove]

2. Timothy Egan is a good writer. His book on

The Dust Bowl is not fiction: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl.