Memories of the Thirties

the long version

***The Author wrote this book in hopes that the younger generation might read it, to show them what it was like for the working men in the thirties.*** Wayne Thomas happened to settle in a fairly good spot, compared to some places at that time. **After the Stock Market crashed in New York in September 1929**, the whole North American continent slipped into the ***worst depression the world has ever known.*** ***Those living on the Western Prairies, were some of the worst hit.*** Not only did the price of everything they had to sell drop down lower than anyone had ever seen it before, but the rains stopped coming, making the prairie nothing but a dust bowl...***--excerpt of 5 paragraph author foreword.***