Babb’s observations of rural poverty, particularly during the Depression and the Dust Bowl, would filter through the ...

She first heard about Babb while watching the Ken Burns documentary series, “The Dust Bowl,” which gives a sketch of Babb’s life and her novel’s undoing. A little research showed that Babb ...

Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ ...

# Win or lose, US Vice President Kamala Harris has run a remarkable and near flawless campaign to become her country’s 47th and first female president. It is easy to forget how far she has come so ...

The Dust Bowl is a 2012 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns which aired on PBS on November 18 and 19, 2012. The two-part miniseries recounts the impact of the Dust Bowl on ...

Ever since he got a movie camera for his 17th birthday, Ken Burns has been making documentaries. Over the years, he's created 36 documentary series for PBS, all of them about American history ...

BECAUSE REMEMBER WHEN YOU ASKED TOM BRADY WHAT’S HIS FAVORITE SUPER BOWL? HE SAID THE NEXT ONE. BUT IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHAT IS KEN BURNS WORKING ON NOW? HE’S WORKING ON THE AMERICAN ...

When the writer returned home, he began working on his first attempt at writing his Dust Bowl novel, a manuscript he called “The Oklahomans,” but by January 1938 he’d abandoned this ...

During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, millions of desperate Americans abandoned their homes, farms and businesses to look for work elsewhere. Though Rush’s family left after the Dust Bowl years ...

His 10-minute film earned the recognition and praise of none other than Ken Burns, one of the foremost American documentarians. Gilbert’s film won third place in the individual junior division ...

Iris Jamahl Dunkle, author of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, shares ten intriguing facts about intrepid ...