Spiraling speculation -- Black Tuesday -- Banks go bust -- A president falters -- Eking out a living -- The "Bonus Army" marches -- The shame of a nation -- Riding the rails: hobo life -- Songs of hope and happiness -- The election of 1932 -- New president, new deal -- Fireside Chats and belly laughs -- Happy days again -- Lost in the dust bowl -- Depression writers -- Public enemy number one -- The hardest hit: African Americans -- The Depression in pictures -- Children of the Depression -- The rise of dictators -- The Kingfish -- Water power and money power -- The Hollywood dream machine -- The election of 1936 -- The working man's champion -- The longest bridge, the greatest dam -- Murals across America -- The world of tomorrow -- A new war -- Legacy of a dark time.