Children of the Great Depression / Russell Freedman.
By: Freedman, Russell.
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BookPublisher: New York : Clarion Books, c2005Description: x, 118 p. : ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.ISBN: 9780618446308 (hc.); 0618446303 (hc.); 1415627398 (BWI bdg.).Subject(s): Children -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature | Children -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature | Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile literature | United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile literature | Children -- United States -- Social conditions | Children -- United States -- History | Depressions -- 1929 | Children -- United States -- Social conditions | Children -- United States -- History | Great Depression, 1929-1939DDC classification: 305.23/0973/0904 Includes bibliographical references (p. 109) and index.
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Presents a collection of illustrated archival photographs describing children of the Great Depression, and draws upon memoirs, diaries, letters, and other first-hand accounts that look at the lives of young Americans during the 1930s.
"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.
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