alt Hacker News“The Great Depression: A Diary” is a great day by day first person account of someone living through the depression. It’s a great reminder how we don’t have a monopoly on insane politics
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6601224-the-great-depres...
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throwup238 • today at 1:40 AM
A book along similar lines: https://www.amazon.com/Not-Nickel-Spare-Sally-Cohen/dp/04399...
(haven’t read it yet so I can’t vouch for it)
I read this more than 10 years ago, so I don't remember a lot, but I do appreciate it for being the only account of the crash that doesn't have historical hindsight. It was interesting to hear someone trying to make sense of things on a near daily basis during the fog of uncertainty. It makes me want to find other such accounts of historical events without the inevitable-seeming cause and effect sequence of events you normally read about history.