This is a first-person diary account of living through the Great Depression, with haunting parallels to our own time. It tells the story through Benjamin Roth,

Minnie Swift is 12 when the great Depression hits, so she keeps a diary during the Christmas season to reflect the tough times, and hopeful times, she and her f

Bill Jodrey was 19 years old when he realized what a burden he was on his family. It was 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression. On the spur of the moment J

A thirteen-volume set that presents an overview of all aspects of twentieth-century America and two volumes of primary sources.

For nearly ten years, the wealth and prosperity of the "roaring '20s" had electrified America. The Stock Market was making people richer by the day. But in thre