1929-

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Thirteen-year-old Drew, determined to help his family hold onto their farm in the drought-stricken Dust Bowl of 1934, stubbornly tends his livestock and refuses to give up hope.

Presents more than twenty primary source documents from the Great Depression, including letters, memoirs, newspaper articles, songs, and literary excerpts, and includes summaries and glossaries.

Discusses the disastrous drought in the United States during the 1930s which made a "dust bowl" out of a part of the Great Plains, causing great hardship to farmers.

Discusses the causes, conditions, and events of the Great Depression and highlights the programs initiated to revitalize the national economy.

Photographs and poems tell the story of ordinary people living in America during the Great Depression.