Read The Little Girl Who Fought The Great Depression: Shirley Temple And 1930s America (2014)

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Author

John F. Kasson

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History & Biography

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3.18 of 5 Votes: 2

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0393240797 (ISBN13: 9780393240795)

Language

English

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

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The author does an excellent job of placing Shirley Temple within the context of her times. Much explanation is given towards the mood of the country and what was going on at the time rather than just examining her life and career independently. The chapter on Bill 'Bonjangles' Robinson and the race relations of the country in the 1930s was excellent. My only criticism is that at times, paragraphs can take an entire page and there are not natural reading breaks within the chapter. Minor criticism at best. A little dry for my taste, not something I thought I would say about a book written concerning Shirley Temple and the Depression! I guess it wasn't a great time to be a child star back in those days when the money you made was not protected until the Coogan Law went into effect. Shirley Temple really didn't have a childhood, her parents made it all about working and keeping the image alive of the little girl with the dimples and curls. The American public needed her to pick up their spirits during a very hard time in our history.

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