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America's Great Depression: Books
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The comic book industry was born on a gray afternoon in the dusty attic of Max Gaines’ mother when he caught himself smiling at some old funny papers during the depths of the Great Depression. But the comic book wasn’t the most precious gift Max would ever give. On August 20, 1947, Gaines was boating on Lake Placid with his friend Sam Irwin when a speedboat was suddenly upon them. In that singular, reflexive moment when time stands still and hearts are revealed, Max could either jump out of the way or toss Sam’s young child to safety. There wasn’t time to do both. Gaines threw the boy into the back of the boat and absorbed the full impact of the crash.
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A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas panhandle, part of the "Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression. Includes a historical note about life in America in 1935. A book in the Dear America series.
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"Old myths never die; they just keep showing up in college economics and political science textbooks," writes Lawrence W. Reed, president of the Mackinac Center, in his 1999 Freeman article, "Great Myths of the Great Depression." "Students today are frequently taught that unfettered free enterprise collapsed of its own weight in 1929, paving the way for a decade-long economic depression full of hardships and misery. President Herbert Hoover is presented as an advocate of 'hands-off,' or laissez-faire, economic policy, while his successor, Franklin Roosevelt, is the economic savior whose policies brought recovery. This popular account of the Depression belongs in a book of fairy tales and not in a serious discussion of economic history, as a review of the facts demonstrates."
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In addition to using books and other print resources to find out about The Great Depression, why not ... use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started. If you need help, ask your librarian.
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