ASIN: B003AKY4XG
Publisher: Create Space
Pages: 194
Have you ever wanted to put yourself in another place and time? How about attending a party in the “Roaring Twenties”, or skating to the melodies of an Oompah band on a frozen lake? If you have, When We Were Growing Up will be your ticket. The author asked people who were children in the first half of the 20th Century to jog their childhood memories. The result is an inspiring collection of reminiscences that gives dimension to one of the most exciting eras in the history of the world. The “Norman Rockwell-style” illustrations by award-winning cartoonist David Byrne bring out the humor in each interview. Some readers will recognize themselves; others will see their parents. Young readers will experience history, but this time, with a name and a face.Dina, born in 1914, saw people in her neighborhood in Greenwich Village, New York, bring food out to the soldiers coming off the ships ...
