When the Wolf Camped at Our Door: My Childhood in the Great Depression

by Aileen Kilgore Henderson

Recounts the hardships and joys the Kilgore family and their neighbors experienced in a close-knit southern rural community during the Great Depression

As the Great Depression tightened its grip on the world, six members of the Kilgore family were living in a cramped farmhouse in Brookwood, Alabama. Crops didn't grow well, food was scarce, shoes were in short supply, and the few clothes they had were all hand-me-downs. The Kilgores...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817321330
• ISBN13: 9780817321338
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12