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Bred in Chicago to Be A Catholic Women's College Activist    by Mary K. Perkins
Price: $4.95 USD. 3470 words. Published by Worthy Shorts on December 3, 2010. .

This reflection on growing up during the Depression, her college days and later teaching career, is an adaptation of a memoir by Sister Perkins that appeared in an anthology published by Praeger in 2006 (American Students Organize).
Back to College after the War    by Eugene G. Schwartz
Price: $4.95 USD. 5260 words. Published by Worthy Shorts on December 3, 2010. .

Memoirs of a World War II veteran and publishing industry professional (and founder of Worthy Shorts). A story of the colorful urban ethnic street and campus life of the depression and war-time era in New York City, and of a multicultural experience of military and college life that began the rapid dismantling of the invisible discriminatory barriers.
Cape Light    by Edward Norton
Price: $1.99 USD. 25600 words. Published on September 9, 2011. .

It's 1933. The nation is in Depression. Prohibition is skidding to an end. A New York City lawyer, takes a "collection" assignment on Cape Cod. He's either to find a missing shipment of scotch, or to collect its worth from the locals who for years have paid bills with nighttime work. The lawyer finds a lost love and a couple of young summer actors, and a new President.
Hard News: The Coming of Age Story of a Criminal    by JH Gordon
Price: $2.99 USD. 45540 words. Published on March 16, 2013. .

Being a crook doesn’t mean a person is dishonest. Dishonest people are mostly elected or placed in positions of power that are above their emotional or mental quotients. People who only divert money, crooked or not, are honest about it. It’s the ones who want to control you that are the most dangerous. And you can recognize them in an instant. Resist them.