the great depression

Karen Russell's latest, “The Antidote,” is a dust bowl novel and a reckoning with a nation’s forgetting that enacts the settler amnesia and omissions passed down from generation to generation.

From the New York Times bestselling author of “Cold Mountain” and “Varina,” Charles Frazier’s new novel, “The Trackers,” paints a vivid portrait of life in the Great Depression. “The Trackers” conjures up the lives of everyday people during an extraordinary period of history that bears uncanny resemblance to our own.

Kristin Hannah is the number-one bestselling author of "The Nightingale" and "The Great Alone." Her latest, "The Four Winds," is an American epic about…

With the U.S. economy in tatters, two New York state lawmakers have come up with a plan inspired by the economic crisis brought by the Great…

B. A. Shapiro brilliantly captured the world of art-theft and forgery in her critically acclaimed best-selling novel, The Art Forger.Shapiro’s latest is…

Herbert Clark Hoover was the thirty-first President of the United States. He served one term, from 1929 to 1933. Often considered placid, passive,…

Sharon Draper is a teacher and a writer, with several awards for her work in both fields. She has written several books for young readers and her latest…

For four consecutive years Shirley Temple was the world’s box-office champion, a record never equaled. By early 1935 her mail was reported as four…