The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to the Great Depression

by H. Paul Jeffers

You’re no idiot, of course.  You’re aware that Wall Street crashed in 1929, leading to a financial disaster that lasted more than a decade.  But despite what you’ve heard about “Black Tuesday,” the Great Depression didn’t happen overnight or because of one bad day on Wall Street. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Great Depression will show you exactly how the economy collapsed – and how the United States survived it.  In this Complete Idiot’s Guide, you  

384 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2001

About the author

H. Paul Jeffers was an established military historian and author of seventy books. He worked as an editor and producer at ABC, CBS and NBC, and is the only person to have been news director of both of New York City's all-news radio stations. He taught journalism at New York University, Syracuse University, and Boston University.

Reviews

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is packed with valuable info about the Depression and is written in an accessible style.

Here’s one of many interesting insights: outgoing President Herbert Hoover warned that FDR’s “so-called new deals will destroy the very foundations of the American way of life”.

If this book were a textbook we’d find lots of students enjoying history.

[Haley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for anyone who wants to learn more about the Great Depression. It focuses on almost everything about the Great Depression, from what caused it to what daily life was like during it. It's a great book for anyone interested in learning about that time period. I really enjoyed reading it, and it was definitely a lot more in depth than anything I studied in school about the Great Depression considering it was an entire book as opposed to one or two chapters in a history book.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good reference guide for students or anyone who is interested in re-learning some of the basics of the Great Depression. This shouldn't be used to learn everything there is about this era in American history but I do feel it provides a good overall summary of the time and is easy to navigate.