An edition of Dear America (2001)
Dear America
Christmas After (The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift)
By Kathryn Lasky
Publish Date
2001
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Language
eng
Pages
192
Description:
At the age of twelve, Minnie Swift is living through one of the toughest times in America's history, The Great Depression. She keeps a detailed diary over the span of one Christmas month. Reflecting the sadness but also the optimism that characterized the time, this is an intimate portrait of a Midwestern family's days and nights, ups and downs, triumphs and losses. It's the story of one family's persevering spirit: The Christmas Spirit.
subjects: Depressions, Family, Diaries, Indiana in fiction, Juvenile fiction, Diaries in fiction, Family life, Fiction, Family life in fiction, Orphans in fiction, Depressions in fiction, Orphans, Families, Great Depression, 1929-1939, Christmas stories, Poverty, Optimism, Historical fiction, Children's fiction, Christmas, fiction, Indiana, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Diaries, fiction, Family life, fiction, Depressions, fiction, Jews, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Humorous stories
Places: Indiana
Times: 1929