Donald Worster’s Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s.
The Dust Bowl essay must accurately identify and critique the book’s main argument and evaluate the
book’s overall effectiveness. This requires a brief summary of the book’s content and main themes and
extensive discussion of the book’s strengths and weaknesses as an scholarly work of history. The essay
must include a clearly identifiable and specific thesis statement. This thesis statement must take a strong
and specific position on the book’s overall effectiveness. The thesis statement must appear as the last
sentence of the introductory paragraph. Your paper’s thesis must be supported throughout the essay with
specific evidence from the book.
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