The Poor Man’s Share

History remembers presidents, generals, battles, and speeches. But what about the people who carried the weight of it all? The Poor Man’s Share: Folk Songs of Hard Times, War & the Common Man is a collection of original folk songs that looks at American history through the eyes of ordinary people—the farmers, miners, factory workers, mothers, fathers, soldiers, and families who endured some of the most difficult and transformative years of the twentieth century. From the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl to World War II, Korea, the Cold War, social upheaval, and a rapidly changing America, these songs tell history from the ground up. They remember the young men who went away to war, the families who waited for them, the workers who struggled to make a living, and the generations who kept moving forward even when the world seemed determined to knock them down. Written with respect for the generations who lived these stories, The Poor Man’s Share is ultimately about more than hardship. It is about work, sacrifice, family, perseverance, and the things one generation leaves behind for the next. Because sometimes a song is the only monument ordinary people ever get.