Bits and Pieces of Way Back When: Before Mrs. or Mom, a Hillbilly from New York, the Family Way, the Bonus Years, Post Scripts - Couverture rigide

Ostrander, Joan; Ostrander, Ivan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1440132380 ISBN 13 : 9781440132384

Editeur : iUniverse, 2009

Synopsis

Major world events played a large role in shaping the full lives of authors Joan and Ivan Ostrander. In Bits and Pieces of Way Back When, they describe how they lived, how they pictured the world, and how those times contributed to who they are today.

Reminisce over their plethora of fascinating events, as they tell unique stories of growing up during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, Ivan being deployed to the South Pacific as a radio-gunner on a B-24 bomber and Joan to Europe during World War II, serving in the Army Nurse Corps, and raising five children during the Cold War era. The stories include tales of marriage, rearing a family, managing a career, and enjoying the retirement years.

Eventful and sometimes tragic and complex, this compilation of events and observations that span the years were penned by two octogenarians with good memories. This memoir encompasses a large volume of history that should not be forgotten.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Joan Ostrander nee Schweitzer (Albert may be kin-or not) was born on January 8, 1921 in De Smet, South Dakota in the Grand Hotel, a something less than grand hotel that her parents operated at the time. Ma and Mary Ingalls, whom you may remember from Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, were still living there back then-Pa Ingalls had died a few years before this. Sometime later, but earlier than memory reaches, the Schweitzer family moved to Mitchell, South Dakota where the first "Bits" began.Bits and Pieces of Way Back When is a compilation of events and observations that span the years of The Great Depression including The Dust Bowl, World War Two, and the eventful, often tragic times that followed. it was written from the viewpoint of one whose 88th birthday is rapidly approaching. A lot of history has happened during those years. If it is as our leading geneticists assure us, that each human being is unique, the only trick to writing a book that is also unique is to be absolutely candid. Considerable effort has been made to do that. Zero effort has been made to write a coherent narrative. If you're into reading about great historical eras from the viewpoint of someone of miniscule importance in the grand scheme of things, this book is for you.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Bits and Pieces of Way Back When is a collection of memoirs related from the vantage point of a few months shy of the author's eightieth birthday. It includes those events from earliest childhood in the 1920s, through the Depression/Dust Bowl years, a coming-of-age on the brink of World War II as well as that war's duration and immediate aftermath. Because these have remained tenaciously in memory within easy recall, they have taken on an aura of importance to the author at any rate. A lot of history happened during those years, and these are the recollections of one of the cajillions of folks who lived through it all. Everyone, from top geneticists to Monica, the angel, have told us that each human being is unique, and as long as we accept that premise, the only trick to writing a book that is also unique, is to be absolutely candid. Considerable effort has been made to do just that. Zero effort has been made to write a coherent narrative.If you're into reading about great historical eras from the viewpoint of someone of miniscule importance in the grand scheme of things, this book is for you!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440132380
• ISBN 13: 9781440132384
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 412
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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