Review: A Tale of Devastation and Reconstruction in the 1930s
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2012
In 1932, Jake Ferry, a Princeton graduate and heir to a family fortunate, flees the comfort of his New York status to explore the poverty stricken South. Although Jake is a well-educated aristocrat, he chooses to travel from town to town anonymously, working as a simple carpenter and handyman. Along the way, he picks up a traveling companion, a surrogate family, and finds his true calling, "to repair the world - one good deed at a time".The story captures life in the 1930s in a comfortable, believable manner, revealing little known details of the financial devastation and the reconstruction process in our nation during the Great Depression. Speaking from the voices of a variety of people about their faith and survival, the author did a wonderful job transporting me to an era so dear to my heart. "Depression Carpenter" is a well-written, well-researched account of the 1930s that I highly recommend to all Historical Fiction lovers.