The worst of times
By: James Lincoln Collier ; [illustration: David Schweitzer].
Contributors: Schweitzer, David, ill.
Series: Jamestown's American portraits
Publisher: Jamestown Publishers; McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lincolnwood, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Depressions -- 1929 -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction.; Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.; Family problems -- Fiction.; Labor unions -- Fiction.; Poverty -- Fiction.; Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: In the early 1930s in Chicago, twelve-year-old Petey's family faces poverty and internal strife after his father loses his job, while, at the same time, his wealthy, older cousin takes on the dangerous work of a union organizer.
Notes: "A story of the great depression"--Cover.