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again, while i don't disagree with the site and respect the points presented, the question as i read it isn't if the people died from famine but if they suffered because of one. i'm sure that if one really looked they could find instances when someone lost their life because of the dust bowl famine even if they didn't starve to death. but considering the record keeping (or lack of it) used at the time to keep track of sharecroppers and small landowners it would really surprise me if their were no starvation considering the lack of crops. i'm not saying the author is wrong, just that the information is quite surprising.

I agree, and it seems likely that some people did starve to death. Apparently the number was not large, or it would be easier to find documentation.

Rummel's theories of "democide" are not nearly as widely circulated as I think they should be. His fatality numbers have been criticized, but it seems to me that he has tried to make the best guesses he could with the limited information available. Implementing his ideas might save many lives.