Thanks for Jerry's view. I look forward to reading recollections of his early years during the Depression. Jerry has managed to capture a desperate time in our history and present it to the reader in a "You are there" writing style. Moreover, writing in a way that describes some of the attributes we lost -- families that worked together to survive, and the fun of that.

When I hear contemporary Americans describe their plight today comparing now with the Great Depression, I think of my relatives from that time. A fat person was a rarity. I decided to look at pictures of the day -- people were thin. There were no concerns about calories, the type or source; the concern was in getting enough of them from whatever source.

And, there were never "jobs that Americans wouldn't do."

Paul Willoughby
Tukwila