Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression
By (Author) Kate Lied
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids
1st November 2002
United States
Children
Fiction
973.916
Paperback
32
Width 223mm, Height 255mm, Spine 3mm
147g
During the Great Depression, a family seeking work finds employment for two weeks digging potatoes in Idaho.
Kate Lied was eight years old when she wrote Potato- A Tale from the Great Depression, a family story told to her by her Aunt Dorothy. Potato won an award in a writing contest sponsored by Kate's neighborhood bookstore, the Reading Reptile in Kansas City, Missouri. Now 17, Kate lives with her family in Kansas City.