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The Great Depression: A Nation in Distress
by Janey Beyer and JoAnne B. Weisman

9781878668462

The Great Depression brought devastation to America’s economy and its people.  Excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, letters, and historic photographs give a vivid picture of the suffering brought on by the economy’s massive breakdown in the fall of 1929.  Selections from Maya Angelou and John Steinbeck’s works are also included.

ISBN: 978-1-878668-46-2     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback