great depression, 1929-1939

Young widow Eliza, left alone to run Wyatt Orchards and raise three children, does not know how she is going to manage, when a stranger, Gabe, appears at her doorstep and turns out to be the answer to her prayers.

Presents a selection of black-and-white photographs taken primarily in the 1930s by American photographer Walker Evans, known for his images of the U.S. during the Great Depression era.

The story of a farm family's Depression-era journey from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the California migrant labor camps in search of a better life.

Describes the causes of the Great Depression, its social and cultural impacts, and the programs created to try to end it, discussing such topics as the Dust Bowl, the New Deal, and Hoover and Roosevelt's presidencies.

During the Depression, Ginny's grandmother teaches her how to quilt, and Ginny learns the meaning of self-sacrifice.

In 1933, when her father's foot injury makes it impossible for him to do farm work for a while, thirteen-year-old Agnes steps in, proving herself and revealing her understanding of him.

When their father loses his job during the Great Depression, a brother and sister are forced to live with their hated cousins on a farm in North Dakota.

During the Great Depression, twelve-year-old Anna and her cousin Fred witness much hunger, poverty and despair, and decide to help those in need.

This 4-part series will give consumers an in-depth look at the desperate yet fascinating era, and how America finally put an end to it.