Mississippi and the Great Depression

Expertly combining prior scholarship with primary sources, in Mississippi and the Great Depression historian Richelle Putnam details how this crisis impacted the lives of Mississippians during some of our state's most harrowing years. Bringing national events into local settings, and traveling city by city, almost farm by farm from the Delta to the Coast, Putnam illuminates the experiences of locals from all races,classes, faiths, and vocations. Putnam's account is not just the story of resilience under Jim Crow, the invention of Masonite, or the origin of slugburgers--rather, it is the story of the search for dignity amid adversity and hope within despair. Rarely have the lives of our ancestors been held in such warm and knowing hands. ~ Benjamin Morris, author of Hattiesburg, Mississippi: A History of the Hub City (Arcadia/The History Press, 2014)