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"A young girl fights to keep her mama out of the mental ward, her home away from the bank, and herself out of the orphanage after her father abandons her and her mother in depression era Alabama"--Publisher.

Describes the 1929 stock market crash and the events and effects of the depression that followed, including the New Deal programs intended to restore the economy.

Eleven-year-old Margo fulfills a class assignment by writing a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt asking for help to save her family's home during the Great Depression.

Ten-year-old Allie's family moves from urban New Haven to rural Stamford, Connecticut, in the midst of the Great Depression.

In a 1930s Massachusetts town torn by the Depression and other hardships, as well as racial tension, Charlie Anne and Phoebe, the black girl who moves to the farm next door, form a friendship that begins to transform their community.

During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.

Set during the Great Depression, the powerful story tells of the Joad family's trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California.

Presents a comprehensive history of the music of the 1930s and 1940s, examining the various styles of music including popular hits, swing, and Broadway tunes, and profiles great songwriters and composers such as Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, the Dorseys, Glen Miller, and others.

Reprints a selection of political cartoons drawn in response to the events of the Great Depression, each with an explanation and a note about the cartoonist.

Jim, living with his mother and three uncles in the small hamlet of Aliceville, North Carolina, comes of age in the Depression years and begins to realize the largeness of the world outside his happy home.

Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski is haunted by memories of his life as a young veterinarian for a circus during the Great Depression, recalling the bond he developed with Rosie, the show's troubled elephant, and Marlena, the star of the equestrian act who was married to August, who the head animal trainer.

Examines the experience of six families and Great Plains communities affected by the dust storms of the Depression.

This book is a collection of essays discussing the "Great Depression," including the causes of the stock market crash, the debilitating impact of this economic depression, and the accomplishments of the New Deal programs.

Contains primary and secondary documents that provide insights into life in the United States during the Great Depression, discussing marriage and family, education, work projects, art and literature, leisure and entertainment, and communities and support.

When Grace's family is evicted from their Washington, D.C., apartment just before Christmas 1932, and she and her younger brothers are sent to the Mission, Grace wonders what will become of her sick older brother, her pregnant mother, and her out-of-work father.