Publisher's Synopsis
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Great Depression of 1930s saw literary trends reject the notion of progress and express a desire to return to an earlier age of purity and simplicity. John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath glorified simple rural life, while Jack Conroy's The Disinherited conveyed depression era's disillusionment and cynicism. The book endeavours to portray the social aspects of depression like despair, poverty, corruption, strife between labour and management, and the need to work together. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.
