The story of a people's struggle to hold on against the terrible economic adversity which struck in the 1930s. The book brings to life the economic chaos which confronted farmers, workers, businessmen, and bankers.
By: D.Jerome Tweton
D. Jerome Tweton was a well-known author and historian who has written four books and dozens of articles about the Midwest and its people. He received his B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College, M.A. from the University of North Dakota, and Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. Since 1965 he has been professor of history at the University of North Dakota. Professor Tweton summers in the tall-pine country of northern Minnesota where he did the writing for this book. He passed away in November of 2019 at the age of 86 in Fessenden, North Dakota