Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man
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Editor: Robert S. McElvaineEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-25
ISBN: 0807858919
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
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Book Review: A human side to the Great Depression
Summary: 4 Stars
This book provides an excellent adjunct to the statistics normally produced about the Great Depression, providing significant insights to the perspective/s of the 'common man'. McElvaine's selection process has been quite rigorous, and the repetitive nature of the letters is undoubtedly representative of what thousands of Americans were experiencing.
The phenomenon of writing to Roosevelt was clearly unique, and probably only recently emulated during Obama's election campaign.
A good read, and although McElvaine provides some background to the Depression in his introduction, I recommend reading in in conjunction with some of the other historical texts written about the Great Depression.
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