Copyright © 2009 Diary text by Daniel B. Roth.
Copyright © 2009 Introduction and Editor’s commentary by James Ledbetter.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roth, Benjamin, 1894-1978.
The Great Depression : a diary / Benjamin Roth ; edited by James Ledbetter and Daniel
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
eISBN : 978-1-586-48837-6
1. Depressions—1929—United States. 2. United States—Economic conditions—1918-
1945. 3. Roth, Benjamin, 1894-1978—Diaries. I. Ledbetter, James. II. Roth, Daniel B.,
1929-III. Title.
HB37171929 .R656 2009
330.973’0917—dc22
2009026790