She Called Him Jim - Couverture souple

Barnes, Harry T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1530789869 ISBN 13 : 9781530789863

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Ida was a coal miner’s daughter from the Appalachian Mountains. Norman was the son of a Baltimore City carpenter. At the age of seven, in separate incidents, both of their fathers died violently. In their teens, Ida was sent to a girl’s reform school by her brutal stepfather, and Norman lost his mother to mental illness and was left to fend for himself. Both had to grow up fast, and there was little time for tears. "She Called Him Jim" tells the story of how these children rose above adversity and came to know and love one another. It is a true story of courage and perseverance, describing their adventures, hardships, and romance in the early 1900s of Baltimore City, Maryland.The next book in the series, "The Barnes Bridge," is a collection of stories about Ida and Jim, their children, and their lives in Friendsville, Maryland—their joys and sorrows, harrowing near-death experiences, hardships, humor, and courage.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Harry T. Barnes It seems I was predestined to become a writer and story teller, which I have been for over thirty years, while making my living as an interpretive naturalist, teacher, and wilderness guide. My paternal grandfather, a gifted storyteller whom I much admired, had a lot to do with it. As did my mother, a lover of language, and my father, an outdoorsman who created in me a lifelong passion for nature study, untrammeled trails, and wild rivers. Summer vacations at my grandparent’s home in the Appalachian Mountains of Western Maryland were like vision quests for me. Wandering forests and streams by day, and listening to granddad’s tall tales each evening, my soul became enraptured; the die was cast. “She Called Him Jim,” my first novel in the “Over the Barnes Bridge” series, is about my grandparents young lives, their tortured childhoods and joyful serendipitous meeting in early 1900 Baltimore City. My wife and I live on an old dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of New York where I write historic fiction, short stories, poems, and memoirs, including childhood recollections from the 1950s.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1530789869
• ISBN 13: 9781530789863
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 123
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg