Caught short!: A saga of wailing Wall street
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Rating | : | 4.47 (922 Votes) |
Asin | : | B000857910 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 45 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In pure Eddie Cantor style, he describes life as it was then.. The Great Depression was just beginning in 1929, when this 47-page booklet was first published by Simon & Schuster
Worth reading--- Austin reader A short, funny essay, of sorts. It made me feel like I was around during The Crash, and that was interesting. Check it out if you are a fan of that era.. ""Caught Short" Seventy Years Later" according to Thelma V., Mueller. In the mid-19"Caught Short" Seventy Years Later In the mid-1930's, as a precocious ten-year old devouring everything in my parents' library, I read "Caught Short". Now, seventy years later, I still remember its author, Eddie Cantor. His message and humor seem (in my memory) just as fresh and appropriate today as during the previous Depression.Read it and take comfort that we got through that frightening time of banks closing, jobs lost, houses vacant. Keep breathing and we will survive the current chaos, as familiar as yesterday to children of . 0's, as a precocious ten-year old devouring everything in my parents' library, I read "Caught Short". Now, seventy years later, I still remember its author, Eddie Cantor. His message and humor seem (in my memory) just as fresh and appropriate today as during the previous Depression.Read it and take comfort that we got through that frightening time of banks closing, jobs lost, houses vacant. Keep breathing and we will survive the current chaos, as familiar as yesterday to children of