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Great time capsule of life in the great depression

Revisado: 03-07-19

I was recommended this after listing to the libertarian slanted "The Forgotten Man" by Amity Schlaes. I disliked her book immensely as I dislike and distrust any book that cherry-picks facts to try and convice the reader/listener of a certain point.

This book was a breath of fresh air as it was written shortly after the 30's finished, and before the beginning of WW2. As such you get a perspective of a citizen during the 1930's. It doesn't seem to have a drum to beat; presenting ideas without a seeming bent.

The problem is with the recording. The narrator is decent, but the recording was of uneven quality, and would repeat sentences often, around every 15-30 minutes. It is disorienting as I wondered if I have let my mind drift, but I hadn't...and having the repetitions only served to remove me from the narrative. What is stranger is that some repetitions were of differing quality than the first.

I returned this as I couldn't get past the poor quality recording and repetitions. I'll read the book.

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