"American Experience draws parallels between our current age and the depression era with "The 1930s," a five-part series that examines the political and cultural life of America during one of history's most tumultuous decades. Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, the series looks at the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the construction of the Hoover Dam, the impact of the catastrophic drought that transformed the plains into the Dust Bowl and an unlikely hero that gave hope to downtrodden Americans: Seabiscuit."

The upcoming segment of American Experience looks at Dust Bowl America, when "black blizzards" started appearing in the summer of 1933, wreaking havoc on the farmers of the American heartland. Be sure to tune in on Monday, November 16, at 9:00 EST for this program narrated by Liev Schreiber.

[image: Dust Bowl via PBS "American Experience"]