The Great Depression in Angela's Ashes

I think this article is good for reader to read this before reading the book. The article tell about the depression having a big impact on American and all over the world. Ireland was hit hard to bye the depression. The main part to the book it that franks family is struggling to stay alive and have food on the table. The great depression makes it hard for his dad to fine a job and his drinking problem did too. I think you should know what it was like back in the 1930's and its impact. Americans with Irish roots seeking protection in Ireland during the Depression. they felt that their Mother land would help them but in the end Ireland was just like American in the early 1930's
i feel this article does a good summary of the book and the depression.

Here is the Articlehttp://www.irish-society.org/Hedgemaster%20Archives/Mother_Ireland.htm
written by: John Walsh © Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area

I Picked this video to show what the children look like back in the 1930s during the Great Depression. This is was Frank and his siblings look like in the video. They did eat much because they didn't have any money. The eat beard and water with sugar all the time because it was cheap. This video help paint a picture in their mind of that they look like and going through

Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgR2Buke5MQ&feature=related
Made By:Geowoman Channel put it up on youtube.i think she got the video From the Dorothea Lange Collection - photos of migrants in California during the Great Depression (1935-1945)