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1	Hard Times: An Oral History of Great Depression more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist Studs Terkel's classic history of the Great Depression. see all copies from $5.75! new only from $10.84! \| first editions
2	The Great Depression & the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Professor Eric Rauchway add to wishlist The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eric Rauchway offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating its successes and failures. Rauchway first describes how the roots of the Great Depression lay ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $7.24! \| SVS
3	Where Willows Grow more books like this by Kim Vogel Sawyer add to wishlist Her heart aches for his return...but is the distance between them measured by more than miles? Anna Mae isn't sure her husband is being completely honest about his job with the Works Progress Administration. They're building a castle in Kansas. Harley promised he'd be at the worksite only long enough to earn enough cash to keep their farm. But the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| SVS
4	The American People in the Great Depression more books like this by David M Kennedy add to wishlist On October 24, 1929, America met the greatest economic devastation it had ever known. In this first instalment of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear, Kennedy tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of that unprecedented calamity. Kennedy vividly demonstrates that the economic crisis of the 1930s was more than a ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $12.47! \| SVS
5	New World Coming more books like this by Nathan Miller add to wishlist A meticulous, often funny history of an era that continues to obsess Americans of every generation-the Roaring Twenties see all copies from $6.72! new only from $6.72! \| SVS
6	Great War and the Search for a Modern Order: A History of the American People and ..... more books like this by Ellis W Hawley add to wishlist This text discusses that time in US history often referred to as "the period between the wars". A "New Era", known for the failure of the League of Nations, prohibition and the Depression, it is often seen as a frivolous interlude between two great wars. Ellis Hawley sees this era as characterized by efforts to adapt the war experience to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.38!
7	Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression more books like this by Morris Dickstein add to wishlist From Astaire to Steinbeck, this timely and long-awaited history of the 1930s sets the creative energies of the Great Depression against a backdrop of poverty and economic disaster. Gathering a staggering range of materials - from images of rural poverty to zany screwball comedies, wildly popular swing band music and streamlined art deco designs - ... see all copies from $14.50! new only from $14.50! \| first editions
8	Walking on Air more books like this by Kelly Easton add to wishlist In 1931, 12-year-old tightrope walker June performs at her preacher-father's revival shows. Torn between loyalty to her family and their religion and the life she might have on her own, June will have to perform the most difficult balancing act of her life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.75!
9	The Great Depression and the New Deal more books like this by Kevin Hillstrom add to wishlist see all copies from $34.10! new only from $185.65! \| SVS
10	The Great Swim more books like this by Gavin Mortimer add to wishlist The dramatic story of the four courageous female swimmers who captivated the world in the summer of 1926. Despite the tensions of a world still recovering from World War I, during the summer of 1926, the story that enthralled the public revolved around four young American swimmers--Gertrude Ederle, Mille Gade, Lillian Cannon, and Clarabelle ... see all copies from $4.04! new only from $11.44! \| first editions \| SVS
11	A History of Us: Book 9: War, Peace, and All That Jazz 1918-1945 more books like this by Joy Hakim add to wishlist From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history. With the end of World War I, many Americans ... see all copies from $5.59! new only from $6.22!
12	Just around the corner; a highly selective history of the thirties. more books like this by Robert Bendiner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties more books like this by Lucy Moore add to wishlist This is an exhilarating portrait of the era of invention, glamour and excess from one of the brightest young stars of mainstream history writing.Bracketed by the catastrophes of the Great War and the Wall Street Crash, the 1920s was a time of fear and hedonism. The decade glittered with seduction: jazz, flappers, wild all-night parties, the birth ... see all copies from $12.55! new only from $12.55!
14	That Jazz!: An Idiosyncratic Social History of the American Twenties more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
15	From Versailles to the New Deal more books like this by Harold U. Faulkner add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00!
16	The Great Depression and World War II: Organizing America, 1933-1945 more books like this by Gerald D Nash add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17	America and the jazz age; a history of the 1920's more books like this by Fon Wyman Boardman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	The Great Depression more books like this by T H Watkins add to wishlist An account of the people, politics and devastation of the Great Depression, and of how the US Federal Government was created largely during and by this era. The book also details how the lives of millions of Americans were turned upside down, leaving them only hope for the future. see all copies from $1.99!
19	My Folks' Depression Days: A Treasury of Great Depression Stories Shared by Capper's Readers more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $3.95! new only from $10.90!
20 view cover	The New Deal: Rebuilding America more books like this by Stephanie Fitzgerald, Derek Shouba (Consultant editor), Katie Van Sluys (Consultant editor) add to wishlist In 1932, the United States was on the brink of economic disaster. The Great Depression had left millions of Americans jobless and even homeless, with no end to their troubles and no hope in sight. But when presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised a "new deal" for America, hope replaced despair as people began to dream of a better ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $22.92! \| SVS
21 view cover	Roaring Twenties more books like this by David C King (Editor) add to wishlist The decade of the 1920s began in turmoil and ended in turmoil, but, in between, Americans breezed through the amazing years known as the "Roaring Twenties." Primary sources -- letters, diaries, news accounts, interviews, poetry, and a host of illustrations -- depict Prohibition, gangsters, political corruption, the rebirth of the KKK, new ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
22	Transformation and Reaction: America Between the Wars, 1921 - 1945 more books like this by Glen Jeansonne add to wishlist see all copies from $3.25!
23 view cover	Great Depression & New Deal Biographies more books like this by Gale Group, Sharon M Hanes add to wishlist The economic crisis that began with the American stock market crash of 1929 had dire effects all over the world, particularly in Europe. The Great Depression and New Deal: Biographies profiles 29 of the major figures of the period. Also included are 57 black-and-white photographs, a timeline and subject index see all copies from $16.06! new only from $16.06! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Great Depression more books like this by JoAnne Weisman Deitch (Editor), David C King, Kenneth M Deitch (Introduction by) add to wishlist Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass' popular Research American History series. From Hoover's through the end of the Great Depression, this volume concentrates on the challenges citizens faced in their daily lives, with the strong determination to keep home and ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $5.99! \| SVS
25 view cover	Great Depression & New Deal Almanac more books like this by Gale Group, Sharon M Hanes add to wishlist The economic crisis that began with the American stock market crash of 1929 had dire effects all over the world, particularly in Europe. The Great Depression and New Deal: Almanac covers the era in 16 subject chapters. Also included are 95 black-and-white photographs, a timeline and subject index see all copies from $34.66! new only from $89.61!

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