10 things the Braddock family did to cope with the Great Depression from 1929-1939
- Sold jewelry
- Dried socks in the oven
- Couldn't pay for gas and electricity
- Braddock only got paid $50 for a fight instead of $8,000
- Fighting injured
- No money for kids to eat
- Broke wood for heat
- Son stole food so his family could eat
- Braddock gave his food to his daughter so she could eat
- Everyone slept in the kitchen
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