{"product_id":"the-great-depression-a-diary-paperback","title":"The Great Depression: A Diary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Roth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Ledbetter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaniel B. Roth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the stock market crashed in 1929, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio. After he began to grasp the magnitude of what had happened to American economic life, he decided to set down his impressions in his diary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of those entries reveals another side of the Great Depression-one lived through by ordinary, middle-class Americans, who on a daily basis grappled with a swiftly changing economy coupled with anxiety about the unknown future. Roth's depiction of life in time of widespread foreclosures, a schizophrenic stock market, political unrest and mass unemployment seem to speak directly to readers today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Ledbetter\u003c\/b\u003e is current editor of \u003ci\u003eInc\u003c\/i\u003e. Magazine, and former editor of \"The Big Money,\" Slate.com's website on business and economics, and for Reuters. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and Mother Jones, among other publications. Author of six books, including\u003ci\u003e One Nation Under Gold\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), Ledbetter lives in New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel B. Roth\u003c\/b\u003e, son of Benjamin Roth, is the former chairman of the law firm of Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld \u0026amp; Lodge in Youngstown, Ohio.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463328981299,"sku":"9781586489014","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/if4vIPYu-9781586489014.webp?v=1781619554","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-depression-a-diary-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}