# The Cruel Years

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- Book: [The Cruel Years](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-loren-katz/the-cruel-years) ([The Cruel Years.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-loren-katz/the-cruel-years.md))
- Authors: [William Loren Katz](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-loren-katz), [Laurie R. Lehman](https://www.bookquiver.com/laurie-r-lehman)
- Publisher: beacon_press
- ISBN: 978-08-0705-453-6
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2003-04-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Cruel Years provides readers with a vivid picture of what life was like a hundred years ago, not for the rich and famous but for ordinary working Americans. The story is told in the words of twenty-two...