Borsodi, Ralph
Original publication date: 1933
Original publisher: New York: Harper & Row
Publication status: Public domain
Chronicles the Borsodi family’s journey from job-in-the-city to self-sufficient country independence during the prosperity of the 1920s. During the Great Depression many people saw this book as a guiding light toward financial security and a much better life. Borsodi was a social critic whose vision cut through to the very heart of the contradictions and problems of industrial civilization.