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30 Eye-Opening Facts About Average Life During The Great Depression

Trista December 22, 2018 14 min

A family walking down the street during the Great Depression. Depressing Blog.

11. You Might Have Traveled Route 66

In John Steinbeck’s classic novel about life during the Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath, the family lost the farm and then headed to California, looking for work. The story was based on real-life Okies, migrants who had lost their farms – notably due to the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma and the economic pressures of the Depression – and traveled to California.

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11. You Might Have Traveled Route 66

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