Painting the Milkweeds: How One American Family Coped with the Great Depression

In this sweet and humorous memoir, Richard D. Courtney tells the story of how his family—the Courtneys of Altoona, Pennsylvania—survived the Great Depression by relying on their strong faith, sense of optimism, and old-fashioned ingenuity. His essays vividly recall school, church, and neighborhood life in the 1930s.