Nebraska survivors of Great Depression offer advice on living through hard times
By Jim Kent
March 8, 2009, 7 a.m. ·
As American businesses nosedive and unemployment rates rise, many economists are comparing the current economic crisis to the Great Depression. That thought may be frightening, but millions of folks did manage to survive those hard times and live to tell the tale. Jim Kent spoke to an elderly couple who grew up on the Nebraska panhandle during the 1930s to see what advice they have for getting through hard times.