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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
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Last discussed Oct 10, 2026
Studs Terkel's oral history collecting first-person accounts of the Great Depression.
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Tim Ferriss · Oct 10, 2026
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"This book, Hard Times, an illustrated oral history of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel, contains many dozens of vignettes and profiles of people who went through the depression... they're very bite-sized profiles... it is a page turner. It's s..."
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