Roberta Baxter A HISTORY PERSPECTIVES BOOK THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Consultants Douglas A Irwin Professor Economics Department Dartmouth College Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Editorial direction Red Line Editorial Book design Sleeping Bear Press Photo Credits Dorothea Lange Library of Congress cover 1 30 Harris Ewing Collection Library of Congress 4 9 13 Bettmann Corbis 6 25 Farm Security Administration Library of Congress 10 Russell Lee Library of Congress 14 Albert M Bender Library of Congress 16 J A Mitchell Corbis 19 Ernest Lindsay Corbis 21 National Photo Company Collection Library of Congress 22 Marion Post Wolcott Library of Congress 28 Copyright 2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Baxter Roberta 1952 The Great Depression Roberta Baxter pages cm Perspectives library Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-63137-618-4 hardcover ISBN 978-1-63137-663-4 pbk ISBN 978-1-63137-708-2 pdf ebook ISBN 978-1-63137-753-2 hosted ebook 1 United States History 1933-1945 Juvenile literature 2 United States History 1919-1933 Juvenile literature 3 Depressions 1929 United States Juvenile literature I Title E806 B37 2014 973 917 dc23 2014004767 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc July 2014
Table of Contents In this book you will read about three people living through the Great Depression The hard economic times that hit the United States in the 1930s brought struggles to many As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Arthur Maxwell Government Worker Chapter 2 14 Tom Mallory Civilian Conservation Corps Chapter 3 22 Clara Jennings 12-year-old Girl Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
