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Children of the Great Depression Freedman, Russell. 2005 305.23 FRE
Presents a collection of illustrated archival photographs describing children of the Great Depression, and draws upon memoirs, diaries, letters, and other first-hand accounts that look at the lives of young Americans during the 1930s.
The Great Depression in American history Fremon, David K. 1997 338.5 FRE
Describes the history surrounding the Great Depression, highlighting the causes and key figures.
Music of the Great Depression Young, William H., 1939- 2005 780 YOU
Presents a comprehensive history of the music of the 1930s and 1940s, examining the various styles of music including popular hits, swing, and Broadway tunes, and profiles great songwriters and composers such as Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, the Dorseys, Glen Miller, and others.
Conflict in Europe and the Great Depression : World War I (1914-1940) Brown, Gene. 1993 973.9 BRO
Presents primary source materials chronicling the First World War and the Great Depression.
Progressivism the Great Depression and the New Deal 1901-1941 Collier, Christopher, 1930- 2001 973.91 COL
Discusses the Great Depression of the 1930s including the "progressive era" and the "new deal" under the leadership of president Franklin Roosevelt.
The Great Depression : a primary source history Schultz, Stanley. 2006 973.91 SCH
Presents a short history of the Great Depression, and discusses the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment, pre-war and war years, and more.
Christmas after all : the great depression dairy of Minnie Swift Lasky, Kathryn. 2001 FIC LAS
In her fictionalized journal, Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression.
Rose's journal : the story of a girl in the Great Depression Moss, Marissa. 2003 FIC MOS
A fictional eleven-year-old Kansas girl chronicles the first six months of 1935, describing the sacrifices her family makes and the entertainments they still enjoy in the midst of the Depression, and the struggles of farm life during the Dust Bowl.
Headin' for better times : the arts of the great depression Damon, Duane. 2002 700 DAM
Documents the wide range of the arts of the Great Depression including music, plays, and paintings.
Down Cut Shin Creek : the pack horse librarians of Kentucky Appelt, Kathi, 1954- 2001 027.0769 APP
Presents an overview of the pack horse librarians who served the people of Kentucky's Cumberland Mountains as part of a the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.
Children of the Dust Bowl : the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp Stanley, Jerry, 1941- 1992 371.826 STA
Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California and were forced to live in a federal labor camp.
Years of dust : the story of the Dust Bowl Marrin, Albert. 2009 978 MAR
Examines the causes of the Dust Bowl, discusses its effects, and provides primary source quotes and photographs.
The dust bowl and the Depression in American history McArthur, Debra. 2002 978 MCA
Examines the conditions that led to the drought, dust storms, and depression of the 1930s.
Saving Grace Cummings, Priscilla, 1951- 2003 FIC CUM
When Grace's family is evicted from their Washington, D.C. apartment just before Christmas 1932, and she and her younger brothers are sent to the Mission, Grace wonders what will become of the rest of her family.
Bud not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul. 1999 FIC CUR
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father.
A letter to Mrs Roosevelt De Young, C. Coco. 1999 FIC DEY
Eleven-year-old Margo fulfills a class assignment by writing a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt asking for help to save her family's home during the Great Depression.
The amazing thinking machine Haseley, Dennis. 2002 FIC HAS
During the Great Depression, while their father is away looking for work, eight-year-old Patrick and thirteen-year-old Roy create a machine to help their mother make ends meet, even as she is helping tramps.
Hitch Ingold, Jeanette. 2005 FIC ING
To help his family during the Depression and avoid becoming a drunk like his father, Moss Trawnley joins the Civilian Conservation Corps, helps build a new camp near Monroe, Montana, and leads the other men in making the camp a success.
Survival in the storm : the dust bowl diary of Grace Edwards Janke, Katelan. 2002 FIC JAN
A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences during the Great Depression.
If wishes were horses Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. 2000 FIC KIN
During the summer of 1932 when Lily is twelve years old, she is granted her two greatest wishes, to be far from the sister who torments her and to have a horse of her own.
Dust Slade, Arthur G. (Arthur Gregory) 2003 FIC SLA
Eleven-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s.
Cissy Funk Taylor, Kim, 1963- 2001 FIC TAY
Thirteen-year-old Cissy must discover what family means to her as she struggles between her aunt and mother in Depression era Colorado.
Let the circle be unbroken Taylor, Mildred D. 1991 FIC TAY
Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need.
Happy birthday Kit! : a springtime story Tripp, Valerie, 1951- 2001 FIC TRI
On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
Kit saves the day : a summer story Tripp, Valerie, 1951- 2001 FIC TRI
Tired of doing chores and longing for adventure during the Great Depression, Kit meets a hobo and decides to hop a freight train.
The barn burner Willis, Patricia. 2000 FIC WIL
In 1933, while running from a bad situation at home and suspected of having set fire to a barn, fourteen-year-old Ross finds haven with a loving family, which helps him make an important decision.
Franklin D Roosevelt : letters from a mill town girl Winthrop, Elizabeth. 2001 FIC WIN
In 1933, a young girl corresponds with President Franklin Roosevelt about the conditions in her Massachusetts town.
Herbert Hoover Ruth, Amy. 2004 92 HOO
A biography of the thirty-first president of the United States, describing his career as mining engineer, businessman, and president during the Great Depression.
A chance to make good : African Americans 1900-1929 Grossman, James R. 1997 973 GRO
Chronicles the lives of African Americans from the turn of the twentieth century to the Great Depression.
War peace and all that jazz Hakim, Joy. 2003 973.91 HAK
Offers a history of the United States from 1918 to 1945 focusing on World War I, prohibition, American music, the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, World War II, confronting the axis, the atom bomb, and more.
Freedom's song : 100 years of African-American struggle and triumph Neal, La Vonne I. 2006 DVD 973 FRE
1900-1909, the Niagara Movement; [with lesson plan by Julie A. Armentrout; Rhonda Williams] -- 1910-1919, African Americans in World War I; [with lesson plan by Rhonda Williams] -- 1920-1929, the Tulsa race riots; [with lesson plan by Rhonda Williams] -- 1930-1939, African Americans during the Great Depression; [with lesson plan by Elaine A. Cheesman] -- 1940-1949, the Tuskegee Airmen; [with lesson plan by Elaine A. Cheesman] -- 1950-1959, Brown v. Board of Education; [with lesson plan by Julie A. Armentrout -- 1960-1969, the Poor People's Campaign; [with lesson plan by Rhonda Williams] -- 1970-1979, African American mayors; [with lesson plan by Clint Fisher] -- 1980-1989, an African American for president : [the Jesse Jackson campaign]; [with lesson plan by Clint Fi
Esperanza renace Ryan, Pam Muänoz. 2002 SPA FIC RYA
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.