Rating: - Too Much Judgment, Not Enough Understanding
This brief account of the Great Depression of the 1930's is aimed at younger readers. It features a number of photographs and exerpts from contemporary letters and speeches that are effective in conveying a sense of the desperation and despair that were all too common during this era. However, the author often assumes a preachy and sententious tone that is too ready to reduce complex causes and situations to oversimplified judgments of good and evil. To cite one instance, the author claims that during ... Read More
