1929 Booklist

Fiction (all genres) and Nonfiction related to the 1929 crash. Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.

Fiction

  • Sea Glass
    Author: Shreve, Anita
    Publisher: Little Brown $ 25.95 ISBN: 0316780812 Date: 2002
    star PWstar Library Journal
    From the international bestselling author (The Weight of Water, Resistance) comes a moving new novel about marriage, memory, and troubled times, set in 1929 on the coast of New Hampshire.
    Suggested Reading: Historical Fiction Stars
    Updated 3/19/02

Nonfiction

  • Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
    Author: Blumenthal, Karen
    Publisher: Atheneum $ 17.95 ISBN: 0689842767 Date: 2002
    star Bulletinstar PW
    The Stock Market Crash of 1929 did not happen in one day. Many events foretold the debacle. Blumenthal, Dallas bureau chief of "The Wall Street Journal, " recounts for young readers the events, foibles, personalities, mistakes, and ignored warning signs that contributed to the mammoth crash of 1929. Includes period photos and memorabilia.
    Grades: 7-9 Category: Nonfiction | History
    Updated 10.3.05
  • The Year of the Great Crash, 1929
    Author: Klingaman, William K.
    Publisher: HarperCollins $ 22.50 ISBN: 0060160810 Date: 1991
    star SLJ
    Klingaman's unique way of combining economic, political, social, and cultural history with first hand sources provides us with a mesmerizing chronicle of this fateful year.
    Updated 10.3.05