The Great Depression, 1929-1939

"The most searing decade in Canada's history beganh with thye stock market crash in 1929 and ended with the Second World War. ... Berton reconstructs its events ... : Tyhe Regina Riot, the Great Birth Control Trial, the black blizzards of the dust bowl and the rise of Social Credit. The cast of characters includes Prime Minister [William Lyon] Mackenzie King, who praised [Adolf] Hitler and [Benito] Mussolini but thought Winston Churchill "one of the most dangerous men I have ever known" ; Maurice Duplessis, who padlocked the homes of private citizens for their political opinions; and Tim Buck, the Communist leader who narrowly escaped murder in Kingston Penitentiary. ..."--Back cover.

Overview: The worst of times -- 1929 (1. The great repression ; 2. The legacy of optimism ; 3. Crash! ; 4. The world of 1929) -- 1930 (1. "Not a five-cent piece! ; 2. Mother's boy ; 3. Mrs. Bleaney's clouded crystal ball ; 4. "Bonfire [Richard Bedford] Bennett" ; 5. Old-fashioned nostrums) -- 1931 (Still fundamentally sound ; 2. Rocking the boat ; 3. The Red Menace ; 4. Quail on toast ; 5. Blood on the coal ; 6. Nine on trial) -- 1932 (1. The dole ; 2. Shovelling out the unwanted ; 3. Boxcar cowboys ; 4. Restructuring the future ; 5. An attempt at political murder) -- 1933 (1. The shame of relief ; 2. Death by Depression ; 3. Childhood memories ; 4. Making headlines ; 5. The Regina manifesto ; 6. Bible Bill [William Aberhart]) -- 1934 (The seditious [Reverend] A.E. [Albert Edward] Smith ; 2. Radio politics ; 3. Harry Stevens's moment in history ; 4. The year of the locust ; 5. Pep, ginger and Mitch [Mitchell Hepburn] ; 6. The Pang of a Wolf ; 7. Slave camps) -- 1935 ([Richard Bedford] Bennett's New Deal ; 2. Speed up at Eaton's [T. Eaton Co.] ; 3. The tin canners ; 4. On to Ottawa ; 5. The Regina riot [1 July 1935] ; 6. Changing the guard) -- 1936 (1. State of the nation ; 2. The …