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Author:

Mullenbach, Cheryl.

Title:

The Great Depression for kids : hardship and hope in 1930s America : with 21 activities / Cheryl Mullenbach.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Chicago Review Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiii, 130 p. : ill., maps ; 22 x 28 cm.

Subject:

Depressions--1929--United States--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--1933-1945--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--1919-1933--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--1929--United States.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.
Great Depression, 1929-1939.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-124) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the mystery of the migrant family -- The 1920s: roaring toward a crash -- America looks to its leaders for help -- Broken cities and bread lines: urban life -- Droughts, dust storms, and pest plagues: rural life -- Growing up in tough times -- Helping hands and a "New Deal" awaken hope -- Finding fun in gloomy times -- Epilogue: hardship and hope.

Summary:

Provides a history of the Great Depression in the United States.

Indexed by:

Publisher's Weekly, May 2015
Publisher's Weekly

ISBN:

1613730519
9781613730515

LCCN:

2015008966

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