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Author:

Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-

Title:

The worst of times / James Lincoln Collier ; [illustration: David Schweitzer].

Publisher:

Jamestown Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

142 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Depressions--1929--Chicago--Chicago--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Labor unions--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Great Depression, 1929-1939--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Schweitzer, David, ill.

Notes:

"A story of the great depression"--Cover.

Summary:

In the early 1930s in Chicago, twelve-year-old Petey's family faces poverty and internal strife after his father loses his job, while, at the same time, his wealthy, older cousin takes on the dangerous work of a union organizer.

Series:

Jamestown's American portraits

ISBN:

9780809206216
0809206218
9780809205790
0809205793

LCCN:

00269583

Locations:

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)