The Great Depression: A Diary

by Benjamin Roth and Daniel B. Roth

Book Overview

A "compelling" (New York Times) and personal daily account of the experience of the Great Depression in the mid-west, full of anxieties about the economic future, with powerful echoes for today.

In the early 1920s, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer fresh out of the army. He settled in Youngstown, Ohio, a booming Midwestern industrial town. Times were good--until the stock market crash of 1929. After nearly two years of economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586489011
• ISBN13: 9781586489014
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"