Bibliograph

Holes in my shoes, one family survives the Great Depression, Alice Breon

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Holes in my shoes, one family survives the Great Depression, Alice Breon

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Holes in my shoes

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Alice Breon

Sub title

one family survives the Great Depression

Summary

Journey back eighty years to a time of drugstore soda fountains, penny candy, homemade root beer, and ten-cent movies. Visit an era when people enjoyed such simple pleasures as sitting on the front porch, visiting with neighbors in the evening while the children played kick the can in a street devoid of traffic. What was life like in a world that had no television, cell phones, answering machines, computers, DVDs, electronic games, microwaves? Were those people happy? Yes, in spite of the Great Depression, they were happy and resourceful. Follow one family as it lives through a time in Americas history when everyone's future was uncertain; when everyone cared and shared

Target audience

adult

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