great depression

Addie Cowherd dreams of becoming a novelist, but the Great Depression forces her to take the only job available to her: delivering books to the impoverished Kentucky hill country of Boone's Hollow. There, the community is deeply suspicious of her and tries to sabotage the library program. She teams up with a college graduate named Emmett Tharp, who has returned home, to keep the library system going and win over the hearts of the community.

California is struggling with the problems caused by the great depression. Some people are resentful of immigrants.

"Paul's family has struggled to make ends meet during the devastating dust storms of the Midwest. When a family arrives in need, Jake must choose between helping the family or saving his beloved calf. A Christmas miracle helps him learn the true meaning of the season"--Provided by publisher.

Growing up in Harlem during the Depression, Price and his family did what they could to survive.

Harry Barck, Hoboken, New Jersey's poormaster, died under suspicious circumstances on February 25, 1938. A poormaster decided who would receive public aid. The prosecution asserted that Harry Barck was killed by an unemployed mason named Joe Scutellaro. The mason said Harry's death was an accident. The defense attorneys said the poormaster's death was a symbol of larger social ills. In the end, the issues examined in the trial---massive unemployment, endemic poverty, and the inadequacy of public assistance---brought national attention to the plight of ten million unemployed Americans living in desperate circumstances. These issues remain in the headlines today.

Supporting financial literacy in school and in life, this text breaks down the complicated concept of economic depression into language readers can understand.

Explores what life was like for people living in the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s, discussing why the Depression happened, how it impacted everyday American citizens, and how people and politicians took steps to end it.

Presents a timeline of events that occured in America during the 1900's.

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Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and set out in search of the man he believes is his father, the renowed band leader H.E. Calloway.