Digital content provided by hoopla. Read by Teri Schnaubelt.
Summary:
The Great Depression was a time of desperation in America-parents struggled to feed their children and unemployment was at a record high. Adding to the lawlessness of the decade, thugs with submachine guns and corrupt law-enforcement officers ran rampant.
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