Great Depression History Memoirs
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The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression
- Shirley Temple and 1930s America
- By: John F. Kasson
- Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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For four consecutive years Shirley Temple was the world’s box-office champion, a record never equaled. By early 1935 her mail was reported as four thousand letters a week, and hers was the second-most popular girl’s name in the country. What distinguished Shirley Temple from every other Hollywood star of the period - and everyone since - was how brilliantly she shone.
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Facts, Facts, Facts
- By Karen on 22-07-16
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The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression
- Shirley Temple and 1930s America
- Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-06-14
- Language: English
- How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation....
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Eleanor and Hick
- The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady
- By: Susan Quinn
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1932 Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the first lady with dread. By that time she had put her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her and developed an independent life - now threatened by the public role she would be forced to play. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press: Lorena Hickok. Over the next 30 years, until Eleanor's death, the two women carried on an extraordinary relationship.
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A love story beautifully written and told.
- By Anonymous User on 20-09-20
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Eleanor and Hick
- The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 27-09-16
- Language: English
- A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok - a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives....
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The Remarkable Life of Kitty McInerney
- How a Poor Irish Immigrant Raised 17 Children in Great Depression New York
- By: Christopher Prince
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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On December 7th, 1955, Kitty McInerney lay dying in a New York hospital bed. The 47-year-old Irish immigrant, suffering from severe toxemia, was preparing for an emergency c-section to give birth to her 17th child. As a Catholic priest performed her last rites, Kitty succumbed to a rare moment of quiet reflection.
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The Remarkable Life of Kitty McInerney
- How a Poor Irish Immigrant Raised 17 Children in Great Depression New York
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 08-03-13
- Language: English
- On December 7th, 1955, Kitty McInerney lay dying in a New York hospital bed....
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The Greatest Generation
- By: Tom Brokaw
- Narrated by: Tom Brokaw
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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In this superb audiobook, Tom Brokaw goes out into America to tell through the stories of individual men and women the story of a generation. America's citizen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. This generation was united not only by a common purpose, but also by common values- duty, honor, economy, courage, service, love of family and country, and, above all, responsibility for oneself.
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Brave men and women ... we can learn from them.
- By Georgi on 22-01-19
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The Greatest Generation
- Narrated by: Tom Brokaw
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 19-06-01
- Language: English
- In this superb audiobook, Tom Brokaw goes out into America to tell through the stories of individual men and women the story of a generation...
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FDR's Folly
- How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression
- By: Jim Powell
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the minds of historians and the American public alike, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of our greatest presidents, not least because he supposedly saved America from the Great Depression. But as historian Jim Powell reveals in this groundbreaking book, Roosevelt's New Deal policies actually prolonged and exacerbated the economic disaster.
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FDR's Folly
- How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 04-02-08
- Language: English
- Think FDR was a great president? Think again....
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The Man Who Walked Backward
- An American Dreamer's Search for Meaning in the Great Depression
- By: Ben Montgomery
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Like most Americans at the time, Plennie Wingo was hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression. When the bank foreclosed on his small restaurant in Abilene, he found himself suddenly penniless with nowhere left to turn. After months of struggling to feed his family on wages he earned digging ditches in the Texas sun, Plennie decided it was time to do something extraordinary - something to resurrect the spirit of adventure and optimism he felt he'd lost. He decided to walk around the world - backward.
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The Man Who Walked Backward
- An American Dreamer's Search for Meaning in the Great Depression
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 18-09-18
- Language: English
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Like most Americans at the time, Plennie Wingo was hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression. After months of struggling, Plennie decided it was time to do something extraordinary. He decided to walk around the world - backward.
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Growing Up in a Pennsylvania Steel Town: During the Great Depression
- By: Edward Nebinger
- Narrated by: Mark Holmes Newton
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Ed Nebinger was inspired to write these memoirs by his realization of how greatly privileged he had been to be able to grow up in a wonderful part of America during the Great Depression. The Lehigh Valley is a beautiful, fertile area, surrounded by picturesque mountains, and populated by a talented and productive people of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The years he spent growing up in the Pennsylvania steel town of Bethlehem before World War II proved to be pivotal ones in our country's history.
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Growing Up in a Pennsylvania Steel Town: During the Great Depression
- Narrated by: Mark Holmes Newton
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-07-24
- Language: English
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Take a journey back in time when life was simple, but times were tough, and a young man used his imagination, enthusiasm and lust for life and adventure to thrive in Bethlehem, PA during the Great depression.
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Things I Remember
- Memories of Life During the Great Depression
- By: Glenn Thomas Doyle
- Narrated by: Steve Toner
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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Some Americans who were born and raised during the Great Depression, have passed from this life although many still remain with us. Many famous books, movies and television shows have covered stories from that generation and many of them continue to fascinate the current generations living today. Stories of getting by in the face of adversities during The Great Depression and of the bond between family and friends are inspiring and they often demonstrate the triumph of the human spirit and the power of human love.
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Things I Remember
- Memories of Life During the Great Depression
- Narrated by: Steve Toner
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-02-14
- Language: English
- Some Americans who were born and raised during the Great Depression, have passed from this life although many still remain with us....
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Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis Gang
- The Controversial History of the Criminal Gang During the Great Depression
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Stephen Platt
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Among America’s most infamous “public enemies” and, perhaps, the most unique and controversial was Kate Barker. With her prominent, hawk-tipped nose and plump, doughy face, framed by a classic dark, curly coif and frilly day dresses to match, Ma Barker was as nonthreatening as they come. Nary a second glance was given to this grandmotherly figure by those who crossed her path, perhaps, at most a polite tip of the hat. Of course, as the age-old adage goes, appearances are often deceiving.
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Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis Gang
- The Controversial History of the Criminal Gang During the Great Depression
- Narrated by: Stephen Platt
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 10-08-20
- Language: English
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Among America’s most infamous “public enemies” and most unique and controversial was Kate Barker. With her prominent, hawk-tipped nose and plump, doughy face, framed by a classic dark, curly coif and frilly day dresses to match, Ma Barker was as nonthreatening as they come....
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