ISBN: 1410770524

Volumes, tons and tomes have been written on the Great Depression; from "Studs Lonegan" by James Farrell to "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt and "The Greatest Generation" by Tom Brokaw, … More...

Volumes, tons and tomes have been written on the Great Depression; from "Studs Lonegan" by James Farrell to "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt and "The Greatest Generation" by Tom Brokaw, all of which were great books indeed, and necessary to the lore of the period; but perhaps not sufficient.? There is much more to be told.? Blasted Apes rambles through the long years of the Depression, telling it like it was, as did Walt Kelly tell the real truth in his "Pogo". Blasted Apes is an introspective, poignant rendition of the Great Depression as seen, felt, tasted and smelled by two brother urchins and their cohorts as they withstood, in oblivion and disdain, the odds and despair of the times. Blasted Apes treats in a local, typical neighborhood setting and frame of reference, the boyhood responses, reactions, and solutions to the destitution of the times, as did Frank McCourt in "Angela's Ashes".? Blasted Apes, however is piquant though poignant, and much more cheerful than moody, as it lives out the dour days of "Depression"; and is far more comprehensive and substanital than "Ashes". The "Greatest Generation", which is the appellation bestowed on the generation of the author of Blasted Apes, is perhaps a proper Kudos, but the generation of adults who suffered WWI and the Great Depression only to send their scions off to WW II, and pray for their return, often in vain, must too, be told of.? Might they have been greater than "The Greatest"?? After all, Joe Louis was really great children's,children's books,contemporary,genre fiction,historical,historical fiction,literature and fiction Historical Fiction, AuthorHouse<