Recounts the hardships and joys the Kilgore family and their neighbors experienced in a close-knit southern rural community during the Great Depression As the Great Depression tightened its grip on the world, six members of the Kilgore family were living in a cramped farmhouse in Brookwood, Alabama. Crops didn't grow well, food was scarce, shoes were in short supply, and the few clothes they had were all hand-me-downs. The Kilgores...