Dark Days on Bear Creek: The Depression Years, 1929-1939 ("Over the Barnes Bridge" Book 3) (English Edition)

Dark Days on Bear Creek: The Depression Years, 1929-1939 ("Over the Barnes Bridge" Book 3) (English Edition)

Dark Days on Bear Creek begins in 1929 with the stock market crash igniting the Great Depression. Ida and Jim Barnes eke out a living during the dark days of the 1930s while also dealing with the angst and misadventures of their five adolescent children. The story includes vignettes, many originally written by the author’s mother in the decade before her death in 2011.
As Jim and the four Barnes boys seek work logging, mining, and doing odd jobs in the mountains of Western Maryland, Ida and their daughter tend crops, hogs and chickens, cooking on a wood stove, laboring over a scrub board, and mending clothes by kerosene lamp. Until President Roosevelt’s New Deal brings hope to America, life is a day-by-day struggle for survival.
“Dark Days on Bear Creek” is a roller-coaster of emotional episodes ranging from near-death experiences and family feuds to poignant joyful moments. Throughout the decade of hopelessness and hardship, the children eventually mature, work picks up, and times get better.
Characters, events, and settings in this book were drawn from family stories, the author’s childhood memories, Friendsville historical references, census records, newspaper articles, obituaries, and genealogical data. The author’s imagination was called into play only when details were not available.

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