The Great Depression, 1929-1939 by Berton, Pierre

The Great Depression, 1929-1939, Berton, Pierre. Published by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1990. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 555 pages with Illustrated endpapers, note, sources, bibliography, index. Red cloth boards with gilt spine titles; illustrated endpapers. Volume in fine condition with light top edge dust marks. Unclipped jacket has closed tears to tail of spine.
Over 1.5 million Canadians were on relief, one in five was a public dependant, and 70,000 young men travelled like hoboes. Ordinary citizens were rioting in the streets, but their demonstrations met with indifference, and dissidents were jailed. Canada emerged from the Great Depression a different nation. The most searing decade in Canada's history began with the stock market crash of 1929 and ended with the Second World War. With formidable story-telling powers, Berton reconstructs its engrossing events.