5/24/2023 0 Comments The four winds review![]() I’ve read several non-fiction books about the Dust Bowl and feel I know the facts of that part of The Great Depression well.Īnd maybe that was my problem with The Four Winds. I was happy to pull out my DVDs and let him watch from beginning to the end. I have watched Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl ( Amazon) too many times to count, especially when my son was in fifth grade and he watched excerpts in class and was really interested in the topic. I’d read The Grapes of Wrath ( Amazon) in high school and watched the movie starring Henry Fonda ( Amazon) both of which I found excellent. ![]() But there was something compelling about reading about the Great Depression and all the deprivation a year into Covid lockdown. I rarely read best sellers because they are best sellers and wait for the fervor to die down to read a much-hyped book. ![]() The Four Winds ( Amazon) is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.” In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli-like so many of her neighbors-must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. ![]()
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