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The book "Children of the Great Depression" by Russell Freedman explores the lives of American children during the Great Depression. It covers the experiences of middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, and children from struggling families. Despite facing challenges such as unemployment, inadequate food and shelter, and closed schools, many children remained optimistic and found joy in activities like games and radio shows. The book uses firsthand accounts and archival photographs to provide a human perspective on the Great Depression. It also includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.
As he did for frontier children in his enormously popular Children of the Wild West, Russell Freedman illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression. Middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, children whose families found themselves struggling for survival . . . all Depression-era young people faced challenges like unemployed and demoralized parents, inadequate food and shelter, schools they couldn't attend because they had to go to work, schools that simply closed their doors. Even so, life had its bright spots?like favorite games and radio shows?and many young people remained upbeat and optimistic about the future. Drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts, and richly illustrated with classic archival photographs, this book by one of the most celebrated authors of nonfiction for children places the Great Depression in context and shows young readers its human face. Endnotes, selected bibliography, index.
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