{"product_id":"the-great-depression-a-diary-paperback","title":"The Great Depression: A Diary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Roth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Ledbetter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaniel B. Roth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the stock market crashed in 1929, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio. After he began to grasp the magnitude of what had happened to American economic life, he decided to set down his impressions in his diary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of those entries reveals another side of the Great Depression-one lived through by ordinary, middle-class Americans, who on a daily basis grappled with a swiftly changing economy coupled with anxiety about the unknown future. Roth's depiction of life in time of widespread foreclosures, a schizophrenic stock market, political unrest and mass unemployment seem to speak directly to readers today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Ledbetter\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of The Big Money, Slate.com's website on business and economics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel B. Roth\u003c\/b\u003e, son of Benjamin Roth, is the chairman of the law firm of Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld \u0026amp; Lodge in Youngstown, Ohio.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760469246240,"sku":"9781586489014","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/25a64177cc8359c5286e3be264bcc850.webp?v=1780180730","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-great-depression-a-diary-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}