Description: In her fictionalized journal, eleven-year-old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas...
Synopsis In her fictionalized journal, eleven-year-old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.
This fictionized dairy of 11-year-old Minnie Swift describes a Christmas celebrated during the Great Depression.
Details
Publication Date:
2001-11-01
Series:
Dear America Series
Edition Description:
Illustrated
Size
Length:
182 pages
Height:
7.8 in
Width:
5.5 in
Thickness:
0.8 in
Weight:
10.4 oz
Publisher's Note This very special Christmas story is set during the Great Depression in Indiana. Minnie Swift keeps an intimate diary over the span of one Christmas month that reflects the sadness but also the optimism that characterized this trying time in American history.