The Greatest Generation Grows Up: American Childhood in the 1930s.(Book review) From: Journal of Southern History | Date: May 1, 2007| Author: Forman-Brunell, Miriam | COPYRIGHT 2007 Southern Historical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Greatest Generation Grows Up: American Childhood in the 1930s. By Kriste Lindenmeyer. American Childhoods. (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2005. Pp. xiv, 304. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 1-56663-730-9; cloth, $27.50, ISBN 1-56663-660-4.)

Kriste Lindenmeyer's lucid prose and lively narrative chronicles the history of childhood and children during the Great Depression in this handsomely printed volume with crisp photographic images and an original argument. The numerous sad stories tha...

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