The uncommon struggle of all men -The Great Depression

        BIBLIOGRAPHY

The American Heritage-History of the 20s and 30s, Editor in Charge-Ralph K. Andrist, 1970, American Heritage print Co., Inc., New York, NY.

Hard Times-An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel, 1970, H. Wolff, New York, 1st Printing.

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Websters Intermediate Dictionary, 1977 by Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts.

        THE laughable STRUGGLE OF ALL MEN--THE GREAT DEPRESSION

        Ive been doin some hard travelin, I thought youd knowd. Ive been doin some hard ramblin, way down the road. . .Ive been layin in a hard rock jail. . .Ive been laid let on ninety days, way down the road. The darned old judge, he express to me, its ninety days for vagrancy, and Ive been doin some hard travelin, Lord.

This was the tune or the song of almost everyone during the Great American Depression. People go about struggles everywhere they turned. Websters Intermediate Dictionary defines struggle as: to retrace great efforts or attempts; strive; labor. The Depression brought on many another(prenominal) fears and no comprehension. With the Depression came hunger, joblessness and many other things.



On a day-to-day basis, the farmers, workers an every other common person had to rouse up each morning with the question: How am I going to feed my family today?. If you had a job, or could muster up one, you were very lucky and grateful.

My grandfather was the 11th of 12 children in his family and they moved from Bridgeport, OK to the city of Edmond after the Depression hit and he took any job he could find to help out with the monthly income and payments. Many people did not cope with the body bowl or the Depression very well. The younger propagation had to change its way of thinking. They also had just...

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