The Greatest Generation Grows Up: American Childhood in the 1930s [Paperback]

A heartening account of a tragic time.Clear and concise.Vividly told. . . . An eye opener.A remarkably compelling and enlightening account. . . . The children's experience's were distinguished from each other . . . as Lindenmeyer beautifully demonstrates.[This book] covers a broad range of experiences. . . . It features highly accessible writing [and] vivid illustrations.Lindenmeyer has written a highly readable, entertaining, and very useful volume.Kriste Lindenmeyer's lucid prose and lively narrative chronicles the history of childhood and children during the Great Depression in this handsomely printed volume with crisp photographic images and an original argument.Tightly focused. . . . Lindenmeyer's resourcefulness in this respect makes this book compelling and persuasive.Thought-provoking.A splendid little book! An amazing amount of information . . . masterful synthesis . . . no student of children and youth and the 1930s can afford to be without it.Combining lucid prose with telling anecdotes and compelling analysis, Kriste Lindenmeyer explains why the 1930s was a crucial watershed in the history of childhood. A fascinating and insightful book.Kriste Lindenmeyer, one of our most perceptive historians of childhood, acutely dissects the conceptions and misconceptions that have grown up about them. Our picture of them and their times will never be quite the same again.She revises our understanding . . . and reminds us of the valueand the complicationsof generational histories.Entertaining as well as thought-provoking.? This book will be useful not only to scholars, but also to all who wish to understand the grass-roots impact of the Depression and New Deal on American familiesan impact that reverberates through the generations to the present day.Anyone studying childrens rights or the concept of American childhood will want to make [Lindenmeyer's book] a part of their reading.Kriste Lindenmeyer shows that the experiences of depression-era children help us undelӥ