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1929 Booklist
Page Modified: April 5, 2008
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
PW
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
Bulletin 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
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
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