Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939: Memories of the Canadians Who Survived the Depression Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)Are you looking to buy Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939: Memories of the Canadians Who Survived the Depression? Here is the right place to find the great deals. we can offer discounts of up to 90% on Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939: Memories of the Canadians Who Survived the Depression. Check out the link below:

>> Click Here to See Compare Prices and Get the Best Offers

Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939: Memories of the Canadians Who Survived the Depression ReviewIf you're a fan of Studs Terkel, you'll love this book. It is very similar to Terkel's 'Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression' however I actually enjoyed Broadfoot's book better as Terkel focused a little too much on labor and union activists.
This book focuses on everyday people and how they managed in the depression. Each story is just 1-3 pages long and fascinating. I was also surprised to see what a different experience the depression was for the canadians than for the americans. Expressed in the book was the frustration that no one spoke for them, like american's seem to feel FDR spoke and was a champion for them.
The canadian poor expressed feeling held down by the government, I gather due to fear of control and also that unlike all the great projects that FDR had people working on, building damns, roads, national parks etc, the canadians were frustrated at being put in these insolated 'camps' but not doing anything useful, rather they were kept there to prevent them from stirring things up.
Besides being very moving and interesting, it gave me a much deeper appreciation of FDR and how american handled the depression. I had always took it for granted that that was the obvious way and there was no other possibility and anyone would have done the same thing but now I see that a different leader than FDR probably would have handled it much differently and the depression could have been much worse and more demoralizing than it was.Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939: Memories of the Canadians Who Survived the Depression Overview

Want to learn more information about Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939: Memories of the Canadians Who Survived the Depression?

>> Click Here to See All Customer Reviews & Ratings Now