great depression, 1929-1939

Provides title, subject, and author indexes to the almanac, biographies, and primary sources volumes of the "Great Depression and New Deal Reference Library, " which examines people and events in United States history from 1929 through 1939.

Presents an overview of the Great Depression that describes its causes, relief efforts, and impact on American people and popular culture. Includes a time line, glossary, further-reading list, and research and activity ideas.

Examines the Great Depression and the New Deal through narrative history and analysis, biographies, primary documents, and a photo essay; also includes a glossary, an annotated bibliography, and a time line.

Using private letters, newspaper accounts, and interviews from survivors, the author presents a history of the dust storms that occurred throughout the Midwest during the Great Depression.

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.

Describes what life was like for Americans during the twelve years Franklin D. Roosevelt served as President of the United States.

Contains the history of a community called Gulick, nestled high in the Bristol Hills. The memories of Kenward Woodard date back to the 1920s and 1930s. This book tells how neighbors helped each other during the Great Depression and readers will learn about the long-ago hardships these wonderful country people endured.

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.

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.

In 1931, a miner's family in Alabama tries to make it through the Depression while dealing with racial tension in their small town, the possibility of a disastrous mining accident, and the discovery of a dead infant in their well.