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Told from the point of view of a young boy, this account shows how a family faced the 1930s head on and lived to tell the story. It is the story of growing up in southern Illinois, specifically the Marion, area during the Great Depression. But when it was first published in 1972 the book proved to be more than one writers memories of depression-era southern Illinois. People started writing me from all over the country, Hastings notes. And all said much the same: You were writing about my family, as much as your own. Thats how I remember the 1930s, too. As he proves time and again in this book, Hastings is a natural storyteller who can touch upon the detail that makes the tale both poignant and universal. He brings to life a period that marked every man, woman, and child who lived through it even as that national experience fades into the past.

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title A Nickels Worth of Skim Milk A Boys View of the Great Depression - photo 1
title:A Nickel's Worth of Skim Milk : A Boy's View of the Great Depression Shawnee Books
author:Hastings, Robert J.
publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin:0809313057
print isbn13:9780809313051
ebook isbn13:9780585187006
language:English
subjectUnited States--Social life and customs--1918-1945, Depressions--1929--United States, Hastings, Robert J.--Childhood and youth.
publication date:1986
lcc:E169.H315 1986eb
ddc:973.916
subject:United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945, Depressions--1929--United States, Hastings, Robert J.--Childhood and youth.
Page ii
Picture 2
Shawnee Books
Also in this series
Foothold on a Hillside: Memories of a Southern Illinoisan
Charless Caraway
A Penny's Worth of Minced Ham: Another Look at the Great Depression
Robert J. Hastings
Fishing Southern Illinois
Art Reid
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A Nickels Worth of Skim Milk A Boys View of the Great Depression - photo 3
A Nickel's Worth of Skim Milk
A Boy's View of the Great Depression
Robert J. Hastings
With a New Preface by the Author
Southern Illinois University Press
CARBONDALE AND EDWARDSVILLE
Page iv
Copyright 1972 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University
New preface copyright 1986 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Designed by A. B. Mifflin
Illustrated by Steve Kerr
02 01 00 99 9 8 7 6
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hastings, Robert J.
A nickel's worth of skim milk.
(Shawnee books)
Reprint. Originally published: Carbondale : University
Graphics and Publications, Southern Illinois University,
1972
1. United Statessocial life and customs19181945.
2. Depressions1929United States. 3. Hastings,
Robert J.Childhood and youth. I. Title. II. Series.
E169.H315 1986 973.916 85-30395
ISBN 0-8093-1305-7
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To my parents:
George Eldon Hastings
March 17, 1881May 13, 1968
Ruby Belle Gordon Hastings
June 21, 1893September 20, 1970
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Picture 4
Southern Illinois is a little south of prosperity.
Baker Brownell, The Other Illinois
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Contents
Preface
ix
Preface to the First Edition
xv
The Gathering Storm
1
A Nickel's Worth
4
Old West Side
7
Digging In
13
Sour Grapefruit and WPA
19
Dad's Lettuce Bed
22
Mom's Fried Chicken
25
The Gingerbread Boy
30
A Drink at Hezzie's Well
33
Wind and Flood and Dust
38
A Death in April
43
A String of Lights for Christmas
50
Aunt Bertha and Uncle Charley
55
Aunt Alverta and Uncle Marshall
60
Aunt Mattie and Uncle Bob
65
The Overall Class
68
Oshkosh B'Gosh
70
"Don't Take off Your Underwear..."
75
A Skeleton in the Berry Patch
77
Hirschvogel
79
Billy Roberts
83
A Light at Billy's House
88
Three Balls and No Hits
92

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Dr. Caldwell's Syrup of Pepsin
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Ted's Last Dime
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