04/23/2018, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Woodbridge Town Library
10 Newton Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
10 Newton Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Categories: Adult Event
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Although the worst economic downturn in recent history, the Great Depression had other effects besides unemployment. It gave rise to a massive entertainment industry, designed to take people's minds off hardship and make them laugh. Alcohol was legal again; movie stars captured the American imagination; sports became sensational- all these things, which we take for granted, had their start in the Great Depression. This talk will center on the trends and personalities that made the Depression so entertaining, even while so much of the country was suffering.
Part of our One Book, One Town Events Series.
Bookings are closed for this event.