Children of the Great Depression
Title:
Children of the Great Depression
Author:
Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018.
ISBN:
9780618446308
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York :
Clarion Books,
[2005]
©2005
Physical Description:
x, 118 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Contents:
"The sight of my father crying" -- "Ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" -- In and out of school -- Kids at work -- "Okie, go home!" -- Boxcar kids -- The Lone Ranger and Captain Midnight -- A brighter tomorrow.
Abstract:
Through memoirs, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts, illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression, including middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, and others.
Reading Level:
1170L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.5 2 102968.
Subject Term:
Publication Date:
2005
AR Level:
7.5
