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A Grassroots Perspective: Understanding the Great Depression through Benjamin Roth’s Diary
“The Great Depression: A Diary” is a first-hand account of life during the Great Depression, penned by Benjamin Roth, a young lawyer from Youngstown, Ohio. Compiled as a diary, the book offers an invaluable perspective on the social, economic, and psychological impact of the Depression, not through the lens of a historian, but from someone…