Down and Out in the Great Depression
Subtitle: Letters from the Forgotten Man
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: March 1, 1983
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780807840993; 9780807898819
Subjects: American history; United States - 20th Century/Depression; History: American; Depressions, Economic; History; History - U.S.; United States; USA; Letters; Literary Collections-Letters; Depressions; United States - General; 1918-1945; 1929; Social life and customs; Sources
First sentence: The letters contained in this chapter were addressed to Herbert Hoover's special committees set up to deal with the economic crisis, The President's Emergency Committee on Employment (PECE) and the President's Organization on Unemployment Relief (POUR).
Description: A collection of letters by the ordinary men, women, and children who suffered through the Great Depression.