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Johnston, Gail

 
9781436362283: Make a Lot of Noise and Don't Go on the Porch
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1436362288 ISBN 13 : 9781436362283
Editeur : Xlibris, 2008

Synopsis

The 1950's in America was a decade made for childhood. Suburbs, offering grassy yards, trees for climbing, and woods for exploring, were being built on the fringe of cities. Libraries, schools, stores, and the streetcar line to town were all a short walk away. Television, a new phenomenon with limited programming and often poor reception, was used for viewing only selected, favorite programs. A child's play still called for creativity, make-believe games, and little parental intervention.

Homes were not air-conditioned and in summer time the neighborhood at large became a child's playground with nooks, crannies to explore and forts to be built in out of the way places. In what was perceived as a safer time, children were often outside, summer and winter, playing on their own or with other neighborhood children when they were not in school. Games were usually invented and often spontaneous.

Make a Lot of Noise and Don't Go on the Porch recalls these times from the perspective of an only child growing up with a myriad of older relatives, family, and "honorary family" in a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland.

In a household where " conversation was ongoing" and dinner time was an event to be anticipated, a family of many and varied personalities live out their lives sixty years ago.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The 1950's in America was a decade made for childhood. Suburbs, offering grassy yards, trees for climbing, and woods for exploring, were being built on the fringe of cities. Libraries, schools, stores, and the streetcar line to town were all a short walk away. Television, a new phenomenon with limited programming and often poor reception, was used for viewing only selected, favorite programs. A child's play still called for creativity, make-believe games, and little parental intervention.

Homes were not air-conditioned and in summer time the neighborhood at large became a child's playground with nooks, crannies to explore and forts to be built in out of the way places. In what was perceived as a safer time, children were often outside, summer and winter, playing on their own or with other neighborhood children when they were not in school. Games were usually invented and often spontaneous.

Make a Lot of Noise and Don't Go on the Porch recalls these times from the perspective of an only child growing up with a myriad of older relatives, family, and "honorary family" in a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland.

In a household where " conversation was ongoing" and dinner time was an event to be anticipated, a family of many and varied personalities live out their lives sixty years ago.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gail Johnston grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, MD during the 1950's. She is an only child of older parents raised in a household of aunts, uncles, and "adopted" family members. Although she worked professionally as a social worker for many years, writing remained always an avocation. She began writing poetry as a teenager and for much of her life she has kept a journal, recording the everyday events of family and the experiences of growing up in a household where "conversation was ongoing". Her first book, a memory of those days, is the result of that journal.

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Éditeur
Xlibris
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1436362288
ISBN 13 
9781436362283
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
68
Coordonnées du fabricant
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