Children of the Great Depression /
Russell Freedman.
- New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
- x, 118 p. : ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.109-112) and index.
"The sight of my father crying" -- "Ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" -- In and out of school -- Kids at work -- "Okie, go home!" -- Boxcar kids -- The Lone Ranger and Captain Midnight -- A brighter tomorrow.
Through memoirs, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts, illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression, including middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, and others.
0618446303 : $20.00
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Children--Social conditions.--United States Children--History.--United States Great Depression, 1929-1939--United States.