Penny's Worth of Minced Ham: Another Look at the Great Depression

by Robert J. Hastings

Book Overview

Hastings experienced the rural and small town side of an event that touched all who weathered it--the economic crash of 1929 and its 10-year aftermath.

The author grew up in Marion, Illinois, entering the first grade in 1930, the start of the Great Depression. This book, which recalls memorable epi­sodes in the life of that boy, is a sequel to the pop­ular ANickel's Worth of Skim Milk.

What Hastings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809313049
• ISBN13: 9780809313044
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Depression

A well-written personal experience from a young boy's perspective. He gives one family's coping methods during this trying period in southern Illinois. This vivid account of day-to-day life could only have come from someone who was there. A nice complement to "A Penny's Worth of Skim Milk" also by this author (I had the honor to have had the author in my home for supper many years ago whereupon he gave me an autographed copy). Well recommended to anyone interested in this traumatic period.