| Nickel's Worth of Skim Milk: A Boy's View of the Great Depression Contributor(s): Hastings, Robert J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809313057 ISBN-13: 9780809313051 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1986 Annotation: Told from the point of view of a young boy, this account shows how a family "faced the 1930s head on and lived to tell the story." It is the story of grow-ing up in southern Illinois, specifically the Marion, area during the Great Depression. But when it was first published in 1972 the book proved to be more than one writer's memories of depression-era southern Illinois. "People started writing me from all over the country," Hastings notes. "And all said much the same: 'You were writing about my family, as much as your own. That's how I remember the 1930s, too.'" As he proves time and again in this book, Hast-ings is a natural storyteller who can touch upon the detail that makes the tale both poignant and univer-sal. He brings to life a period that marked every man, woman, and child who lived through it even as that national experience fades into the past. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 973.916 |
| LCCN: 85030395 |
| Series: Shawnee Books |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.06" W x 8.05" (0.39 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Told from the point of view of a young boy, this account shows how a family "faced the 1930s head on and lived to tell the story." It is the story of growing up in southern Illinois, specifically the Marion, area during the Great Depression. But when it was first published in 1972 the book proved to be more than one writer's memories of depression-era southern Illinois. "People started writing me from all over the country," Hastings notes. "And all said much the same: 'You were writing about my family, as much as your own. That's how I remember the 1930s, too.'" As he proves time and again in this book, Hastings is a natural storyteller who can touch upon the detail that makes the tale both poignant and universal. He brings to life a period that marked every man, woman, and child who lived through it even as that national experience fades into the past. |