Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
- ISBN-10
- 1565846567
- ISBN-13
- 9781565846562
- Series
- Hard Times
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 462
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Author
- Studs Terkel
Description
Recreates the character and atmosphere of this dramatic era in a collage of recollections by both well-known and obscure Americans.
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- 2012-10-09
- 464 pages
- Ebook
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- 2020-05-01
- 332 pages
- Ebook
- Read Books Ltd
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