Jack Susan in 1933 Author:Michael McDowell Who's Depressed? — No one could be down in the dumps in the Depression when Jack Beaumont and Susan Bright are out on the town -- visiting a Hudson River mansion and a Western dude ranch, and getting trapped in an abandoned mine where all hell is about to break loose. — Originally published in 1987. One of three "Jack and Susan In..."... more »; books in which they are perpetually 27 years old, no matter what year their adventure is set. The planned nine books, ranging from 1903 onwards stopped at three with McDowell's untimely death.« less