The historical background of Steinbeck's "Of mice and men"
1. The great depression in the USA...
The 1929 stock exchange crash and the great depression.
Pictures about the great depression: pictures tell more than words sometimes...
What is "the dust bowl"?
The Dust Bowl or the Dirty Thirties was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940).
