Richard Rayner
His scam was as simple as it was brazen. Before and during the Great Depression, Oscar Hartzell persuaded tens of thousands of Midwesterners to part with millions of dollars to start a legal fund that would see the mythical fortune of Sir Francis ... [... more]
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Adele Robertson
The Orchard is an exquisitely beautiful and poignant memoir of a young woman's single-handed struggle to save her New England farm in the depths of the Great Depression. Recently discovered by the author's daughter, it tells the story of Adele ... [... more]
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Walter Cronkite
He has been called the most trusted man in America. His 60-year-long journalistic career has spanned the Great Depression, several wars, and the extraordinary changes that have engulfed our nation over the last two-thirds of the 20th century. ... [... more]
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Bruce Murkoff
Bruce Murkoff was born in 1953, spent many years in California and now lives in Stone Ridge, New York. When Filius Poe sets out for Boulder City, the country is in the grips of the Great Depression, the Hoover administration in its final days. ... [... more]
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Ray Ellenwood
First published in 1935, this novel is a penetrating study of a father and son caught in the moral and economic undertow of the Great Depression. The action hinges upon a sudden mischance in which accident and intention tragically coincide. Swept ... [... more]
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Diego Rivera Detroit Industry Murals 2009 Wall Calendar
 Diego Rivera Detroit Industry Murals Wall Calendar: During the Great Depression, Mexican artist Diego Rivera (1886& #1501957) was commissioned to paint a twenty-seven-panel mural for the walls of the Garden Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. A va [... more]
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