Gretchen McCullough's favorite books that describe the personal cost for many Americans during the Great Depression

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The best books about when the political turns personal

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The best books that explore history you didn’t know

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The best disaster books where society fails suddenly

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The best narrative nonfiction books about people dealing with mayhem, madness, and misadventures

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The best books about the human experience during the Great Depression

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The best books about America’s toughest time: life in the dirty thirties

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