The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, ...

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Some left to escape poverty or troubled families, others because it seemed a great adventure. At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America.