In 1930 Abby Nichols is an eight-year-old girl growing up in Maine, but as the Depression deepens, and her mother dies, the responsibility of taking care of her family falls to her, and she has to put her dreams of going to college and becoming a writer on hold.

"Turning Things Around, the second volume of Kit's classic stories, tells how Kit uses her talents to tackle the challenges brought by the Great Depression"--

This video clip contains footage of a man in a bathtub suspended from a hot air balloon (8/31/31, Los Angeles), workers servicing a clock tower (11/14/21, San Francisco), and an unsuccessful parachute jump performed with a motorcycle (11/18/26, Los Angeles).

In the 1930s, Appalachian midwife Patience Murphy, who while dealing with her own secrets, faces seemingly insurmountable conditions--disease, poverty and prejudice--as she strives to bring new life into a cruel world.

The story of the growing of wheat and of some aspects of life on a large-scale wheat farm.

Following World War I, economic uncertainty and widespread fluctuation in the value of world currencies led to a sustained worldwide economic downturn known as the Great Depression. In 1933, delegates from 66 countries gathered in England for the London Economic Conference in hopes of stabilizing the world economy. This conference ended with no clear resolution, and many nations continued to suffer from economic failures until the start of World War...

In 1932, during the Depression in Ohio, thirteen-year-old Rudy, determined to help his family weather the hard times, hops a train going west to California and experiences the hobo life.

The "torture" of Plymouth automobiles in order to ensure that Plymouths can withstand all sorts of difficult driving conditions.

This video clip contains footage of the Graf Zeppelin (10/25/28, New York) and the Hindenburg disaster ( 5/6/37, Lakehurst, New Jersey).

Joe Louis wins world heavyweight title from James Braddock.