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As I was reading Cronon’s introduction, I found it very interesting when he mentioned how two authors, Bonnefield and Worster, that were researching the same subject using the same sources had completely different conclusions. Aaron summarizes the two conclusions of the authors very well, in which Bonnefield portrays farmers as being extremely resourceful against the natural disaster of the Great Plains whereas Worster lays blame on the destruction of the Great Plains on the farmers. In my opinion, I think it was a good idea for Cronon to mention the differences between the two authors because in the field of history, this constantly happens all the time.

For example,the American Civil War has this kind of different views occur often. There are historians that view the same records, diaries, battles, etc, and also arrive to completely different conclusions. Some of the conclusions range from sympathy to the South to condemnation of the South. Even though the Dust Bowl and the American Civil War are two completely different historical events, each one had multiple historians tell different conclusions from the same sources. As such, this serves as a good reminder that when conducting historical research, to look at multiple sources since each one has a different conclusion. In addition, to also take into consideration essays such as the one Cronon wrote, since they could remind the researcher the differences that are withing multiple works.