Surviving The Great Depression: one family's story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500748739)

The Great Depression, characterized by bread lines, general unemployment, bank and business failures, hit swiftly and unexpectantly. It challenged the inner and outer resources of the millions of bewildered people, coping with their responsibilities. And the Depression persisted, starting with the stock market crash in October, 1929, through various phases until the U.S. entered into World War II in December, 1941 and unemployment dropped below ten per cent. Prior to the financial collapse in 2008 most Americans had no idea what it was like to do without. Since WW II the economy has been, for the most part, on the upswing. As mortgages collapsed, however, and unemployment soared, Americans got a taste, just a taste, of the fear and hopelessness that gripped the nation during the Great Depression.

Author: Joaquin Bowman, T. J. Hickey
ISBN-10: 1500748730
ISBN-13: 9781500748739
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/05/2014
Pages: 102
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21d