Description
This companion volume to the public television series delves into the events and impact of the Great Depression. The text is illustrated throughout with photos, documents, and posters, many previously unpublished.
Author: T. H. Watkins
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 375
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780316080439
ISBN10: 0316080438
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
About the Author
T.H. Watkins was a well-known environmental writer and historian before his death in 2000. He was a recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. At the time of his death he was Wallace Stegner Distinguished Professor of Western American Studies at Montana State University, and was posthumously awarded the Wallace Stegner Award by the CU-Boulder Center of the American West. He published 28 books and wrote over 300 articles for various publications including National Geographic, Audubon, Smithsonian, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.