Georgia during WWI and the Great Depression

Georgia's Civilian Conservation Corps by Connie M Huddleston

 At a time when our country struggled with a deep financial depression, the United States began to see incredible numbers of men and women who could not find work. During the first days of his administration, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to create...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Russell Freedman

Photographs and text trace the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from his birth in 1882 through his youth, early political career, and presidency, to his death in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945.

Black Tuesday and the Great Depression by Natalie Hyde

Black Tuesday and the Great Depression explores the causes of the stock market crash in 1929 and the resulting Great Depression. For more than ten years the effects of October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday, were felt not only in North America, but...

The Great Depression by Robin Johsnon

This engaging title begins with a recount of the events of October 29, 1929, better known as “Black Thursday”, to mark the dawn of the Great Depression era. Readers will discover the causes of the depression, its affect on people across North America,...