great depression, 1929-1939

Presents the entire collection of the "Kings in Disguise" serial, with new material, including a 10-page story which appeared in "Dark Horse Presents", added to this collection.

Presents the author's diary which describes a rural North Dakota family's life during the Dust Bowl years, from 1927-1937, when the state suffered from economic hardships, restrictions on women, and family frustrations.

A review of the Great Depression in the Americas between 1929 through 1939 for students of the International Baccalaureate History programme.

Chronicles the events surrounding the stock market crash of 1929, discussing how it affected both American and world economy and culture.

The Great Depression and a strike at the grainmill greatly changes Virginia's life and outlook as her physician father begins to work with the unemployed and the strikers.

Eleven-year-old Annie and her friend Violet tell of the hardships endured by their families when dust storms, drought, and the Great Depression hit rural Oklahoma.

In 1934 Kit finds that she has hard lessons to learn about the Depression at home, where she is helping her mother run a boarding house while her father looks for a new job.

Portrays daily life in America between the world wars, from the excitement of the "Roaring Twenties, " through the devastation of the stock market crash and drought, to the New Deal and economic recovery.

During the Depression, having discovered that she has the ability to have out-of-body experiences, twelve-year-old Mary Francis tries to use it to deal with the "peculiar domestic situation" caused by her family's financial plight.

Presents a discussion of various cultural aspects of the Great Depression, including poverty, literature, broadway musicals, and more, examining the way the arts played a role in alleviating national suffering.