In May 1933, when Essie Mae Burke-Lawson was born in Eatonton as the youngest of nine children, the Great Depression was well underway, FDR had taken the White House and Adolf Hitler was the new chancellor of Germany.
A half-gallon of milk sold for a quarter, a loaf of bread for less than a dime, and a brand-new Ford or Plymouth could sit in the driveway for less than 500 bucks. And a...
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