Great Depression

Coney

By Amram Ducovny - Published 2000

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Harry Catzker is a Jewish boy growing into adulthood on Coney Island during the 1930s. His life is intertwined with a cast of ...Read Review

A Student of Weather

By Elizabeth Hay - Published 2000Published 2001

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AdventureRomance

Maurice Dove, a botanist and student of weather, journeys from Ottawa to rural Saskatchewan in the mid-1930s to analyze the climate of ...Read Review

Thunder on the Mountain: A Novel of 1936 (Hemlock County)

By David Poyer - Published 2000

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Adventure

The “Thunder” of the titles can be explained in at least different ways. (1) Thunder Oil of Pennsylvania, a family dynasty under the control ...Read Review

These Granite Islands

By Sarah Stonich - Published 2000

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Literary

It’s 1999 and Isobel Howard is 99 years old. She knows she is dying, and she is taking one last look back at the ...Read Review

The Hatbox Baby

By Carrie Brown - Published 2000

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LiteraryRomance

  Diane Arbus meets Fritz Lang in this World’s Fair as metaphor for life. Carnival freaks are human beings, and human beings ...Read Review

Bottoms

By Joe R. Lansdale - Published 2000

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Mystery/Crime

This novel of Depression-era East Texas is reminiscent of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Rich in description and period detail, it ...Read Review

Thunder on the Mountain: A Novel of 1936 (Hemlock County)

By David Poyer - Published 2000

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The “Thunder” of the titles can be explained in at least different ways. (1) Thunder Oil of Pennsylvania, a family dynasty under the control ...Read Review

The Houseguest

By Agnes Rossi - Published 2000

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Saga

It’s a good feeling to open up a new book and know after reading the first words that I’ve “discovered” a ...Read Review

A Simple Shaker Murder

By Deborah Woodworth - Published 2000

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Mystery/Crime

This is the fourth entry in the Sister Rose Callahan series, set in the Shaker Village of North Homage, Kentucky during the 1930s. ...Read Review