History Comics: the Great Depression
From Hard Times to the New Deal
First Second · Print & ebook · October 21, 2025
Turn back the clock with History Comics!
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in the Great Depression and its effects on ordinary people
- Themes
- Economic hardship, Survival and resourcefulness, Resilience
- Genres
- Comics History, 20th Century U.S., Kids Business & Economics
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Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume we explore the Great Depression, an era of economic turmoil, resilience, and innovation. In October 1929, a stock market crash in the United States caused millions of people to suddenly lose their savings, their jobs, and everything they owned. Many had to survive by waiting in long breadlines for free food, building their own homes from trash, and making clothes from scraps.
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Some rode railroad cars in a desperate search for work, only to end up on farms battling huge dust storms. This was the Great Depression, a time of tragedy but also one where people showed immense grit.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in the Great Depression and its effects on ordinary people
- Readers drawn to stories of hardship, survival, and resilience
Where it sits
| Comics History | 95% |
|---|---|
| 20th Century U.S. | 86% |
| Kids Business & Economics | 28% |
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Publisher categories
- Kids Business & Economics
- 20th Century U.S.
- Comics History
- Authors
- Tim Stout
- Publisher
- First Second
- Published
- October 21, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Economic hardship · Survival and resourcefulness · Resilience
- Reading lane
- Kids Business & Economics