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This is the paperback version of Gail Lee Martin's My Flint Hills Childhood: Growing Up in 1930s Kansas.
The deluxe hardback version (includes some color photos) is also available from the Blurb Bookstore.
A childhood on the Kansas prairies in the 1930s springs vividly to life in the detailed memories of Gail Martin. Her simple accounts of long ago school days, celebrations and family life are a treasure. Travel back in time to life in the Flint Hills during the Great Depression and the time leading up to World War II.
The memories include her father's work in the oil field, trips to town in the family's Model A, raising her pet badger, fishing on the Cottonwood River, and wearing dresses made from feed sack material.
The book also explores her family's role in early Kansas history with details of covered wagons, homesteading, the Civil War and fledgling industries. These range from Tyro to Teterville to Eureka.
Publish Date September 9, 2009
Dimensions B/W Text 186 pgs
Category Biographies & Memoirs
Tags memoir, Kansas, 1930s, Great Depression, Gail Martin
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hookkids says
Hello Virginia :
What a wonderful book with alot of history . As I read the pages I tried to imagine myself being there . Good job
Please check out my daughters first book ( Underneath The caribbean moon ) by Lauren Bullers
Thanks for sharing you book with us
posted at 09:01PM Oct 31 PST
EverBGreen says
Gail as an octogenarian and webmaster of OurEcho is not merely passing the baton, she's running the race! Family memory writing sounds like a wonderful pursuit -- I recently listened to a recorded interview and enjoyed it and learned from it immensely. What will your next project be? Every family has two sides -- and actually many more. Although I don't know anything about genealogy, it occurs to me that there is a bias toward following the patriarchal line (if that is the right phrase) because the name remains the same.
posted at 03:43AM Oct 29 PST
grannygigi says
Gail, I am loving reading this book oh line but had to stop for a while before I went blind!!! I have ordered the book and will be using it to show my children and grandchildren parts of their family history. Thank you so much for writing this.
You distant cousin
Virginia S
posted at 08:58PM Oct 23 PST
slp0818 says
Writing so colorful, you'll find yourself transported in time.
posted at 05:30PM Oct 23 PST
vallain1 says
A friend e-mailed this comment: I loved the story of the badger in the book, as I love all pet stories. Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories of your childhood. Be blessed —- (Cynthia Bebon)
posted at 05:18PM Oct 23 PST