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Provides viewers with background information about the author, John Steinbeck, the plot of the book, and the time period in which it takes place. Explores the struggles of those who lived through the Great Depression

This program explores the causes of the Great Depression and the impact of the stock market crash as hard times fell on America. It also covers the New Deal, the Dust Bowl and the newly emerging culture of sight and sound. As the New Deal came under fire, the Second New Deal was issued, the Wagner Labor Act was passed, the unions gained power and a modern welfare state was born

Examines the causes of the Great Depression of the 1930's following the stock market crash of 1929. Discusses food lines, unemployment, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, agriculture and the Dust Bowl, the New Deal, Federal Emergency Relief Act, works projects such as the CCC and WPA, Eleanor Roosevelt, African Americans during the Depression, communism, Social Security Act, the Wagner Labor Relations Act, growth of unions, and the birth of the modern welfare state

Part 1: Stormy Weather: 1929-1936: Looks at the greatest economic disaster in American history - the Great Depression. Part 2: Over the Edge: 1936-1941: As Adolf Hitler's feared Third Reich moves across Europe with deadly force, America must weigh the option of becoming involved in another global war

At the height of the Great Depression, America was thrilled and terrorized by John Dillinger, a bank robber no jail could hold. He was considered Public Enemy #1 and hunted by virtually every law enforcement officer in America. Dillinger finally met his match in J. Edgar Hoover, who used the outlaw's celebrity to burnish his own reputation and that of the FBI

They were known as "black buzzards", dark clouds reaching miles into the sky, churning millions of tons of dirt into torrents of destruction. For 10 years, beginning in 1930, dust storms ravaged the parched and over-plowed southern plains, turning bountiful wheat fields into desert. Disease, hardship, and death followed, yet many of the people stayed on, steadfastly refusing to give up on the land and a way of life

Uses archival footage to examine the causes and outcome of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Includes a discussion of Black Tuesday, Hooverville, the failure of family farms and Dust Bowl, FDR, The New Deal

Set in the heart of the Great Depression, this story chronicles one family's struggles with Oklahoma's staggering dust storms and the turmoil they leave in their wake. Written by Karen Hesse. Winner of Newbery Medal. Unabridged, includes two tapes and paperback book

Brilliant in its fusion of drama and rhetoric, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath changed the way the world saw migrant workers. Unabridged book on tape narrated by Dylan Baker, 15 cassettes/21 hrs., read-along book included