Washoe County Library System

It's 1934. Businesses went under by the hundreds, debt and foreclosures boomed, and breadlines grew in many American cities. In the midst of this misery, some folks explored unscrupulous ways to make money. Angel-faced John Partlow and carnival huckster Ginger LaFrance are among the worst of this lot. Joining together they leave their small-time confidence scams behind to attempt an elaborate kidnapping-for-ransom scheme in New Orleans. In a different...

"Kit Kittredge has a nose for news--but she never dreamed that the news stories about the hard times of the Depression would become her own story. First Mother's bothersome friends move in with the Kittredges. Then Dad loses his business, and Kit's family could lose their house! Things look hopeless, but a clever idea might let her family keep their home. Can Kit help pull it off?"--

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

A 94-year-old cook who has become well-known on the Internet shares her treasured recipes and common-sense wisdom in a remembrance of the Great Depression.

"U.S. Marshal Nelson Lane tries to evict Lucky Graber, a failed Wyoming rancher, when a dead man is found on Lucky's land, killed in a hunting accident. The victim, Gino Bonelli, took an interest in Lucky's ranch, though the land is supposedly worthless.Then Lucky disappears, and the victim's gangster brother Bruno arrives in town with his thugs. Before long, it's clear the "hunting accident" was staged, and other people around Gillette-including...

Kit's six-book series is bound in one volume. "Kit Kittredge's family went from rich to poor overnight when Dad closed his business because of the Depression." -- Cover, pages4.