2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences...

The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.

A previously honest boat owner, Harry Morgan, is reduced to smuggling to keep his crumbling family financially alive. He enters a world of wealth and dissipation, then becomes involved in a strange and unlikely romance.

The story of a farm family's Depression-era journey from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the California migrant labor camps in search of a better life.

Through photographs, illustrations, and both factual and fictionalized anecdotes, shows what life was like in the United States during the Depression.

During the "Great Depression," a family seeking work finds employment for two weeks digging potatoes in Idaho.

From the Publisher: In this unique re-creation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. The book is a mosaic of memories from those who were richest to those who were most destitute: politicians like James Farley and Raymond Moley; businessmen like Bill Benton and Clement Stone; a six-day bicycle racer; artists and writers; racketeers; speakeasy...

Struggling to uphold her faith and her family at the height of the Great Depression, Lanie dreams of becoming a writer, but her dreams are shattered when her father is diagnosed with cancer and a new crisis rocks the town Fairhope.

Set against the desolate backdrop of the Great Depression, this debut novel is sure to reignite the horror genre. Mr. Shivers is a chilling and unforgettable figure as haunting as any monster out of mythology.

"When the U.S. economy collapsed in 1929, it ruined lives around the world. However, nowhere was hit harder than the United States. Millions of Americans lost their jobs, but they refused to give up hope for a better future. Under strong leadership, the nation survived the crisis with the help of a plan called the New Deal. It was this plan that lifted the United States out of the worst financial crisis in its history and drove the nation into the...