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Stories
of Survival
Arkansas Farmers During the Great Depression
William Downs Jr.
Through dozens of in-depth interviews representing all sections
of the state, farm families recall their best times, their
worst times and day-to-day experiences such as chores, washing,
bathing, clothes making, medical care, home remedies, spiritual
life, courtship and marriage, school experiences, etc. Their
stories reveal how ordinary men and women, frequently living
in abject poverty, endured cataclysmic natural disasters and
economic collapse with extraordinary courage, faith, resourcefulness,
and a good sense of humor.
Dr.
William D. Downs Jr., is Professor Emeritus
of Mass Communications at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia,
Arkansas, where he served as chair of the department formore
than 40 years. A graduate of the University of Arkansas in
Fayetteville, he later received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from
the University of Missouri-Columbia.
January
2011
ISBN 13: 978-0-9824295-5-6
$19.95
6 x 9
Paperback
304 pages, 50 photographs
Distributed
for Phoenix International.
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