Hamlin Avenue

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Like many first generation families at the end of the war, the Costello family left their flat in the Little Italy Taylor Street neighborhood near downtown Chicago and headed for the distant suburbs. They bought a spacious old house one hundred and sixty-four blocks south on Hamlin Avenue in the little town of Markham. Their world changed dramatically: skyscrapers, factories, and elevated trains gave way to chicken coops, open fields, and wide front porches. The a... More >>

Hamlin Avenue

Madelaine's Slippers

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This memoir relates the deeply troubled childhood of a young boy being raised by an abusive stepmother. It describes various school memories and misadventures, as well as the physical, emotional, and sexual growing experiences of this painfully shy young lad.... More >>

Madelaine's Slippers

A Lost Childhood

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For seven idyllic years, Santina lived with her family on the sun-bathed coast of North Africa in the Italian Colony of Lybia. Until the Fascist fanaticism of Mussolini's Regime reached out with a subterfuge beyond belief. On the pretext of a three month holiday in the "Motherland" for those children born in North Africa, families were persuaded to allow their children to go to Italy. So it was Santina and her three siblings set off on their Italian "holiday". On ar... More >>

A Lost Childhood

gritos de la infancia

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Una jornada estremecedora y fascinante dentro de la mente y el alma de una mujer quién lucha apasionadamente para romper las cadenas de una infancia abusiva y para superar los efectos de un ataque incestuoso. Un libro de lucha que se convierte en un canto de liberación.... More >>

gritos de la infancia

Fruit Tramps

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Fruit Tramps tells the story of the Walling family as they travelled across America seeking work as migrant laborers. Calling to mind Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the poignent storytelling will deeply involve you in the family's quest for a better life. The author's reminescences are full of details regarding a time in American history that many may regard as part of a more innocent past; when simple joys were richer, tragedies were faced more stoically, and a... More >>

Fruit Tramps

Flashbacks of Youth

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Flashbacks of Youth is a legacy to the author's children, grandchildren, and future generations. However, the story - a snippet of life in the thirties and forties will also bring back memories of youthful experiences for many of today's senior citizens.... More >>

Flashbacks of Youth

Longest Road to America: Volume 1: Childhood

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Ivanka as a child gets bitten with the "impossible dream" to go to America. Her macho grandfather owns a lot of land in the valley and he declares that men will be falling at my feet like ripe pears off the tree. But that does not matter much to the teenage Ivanka, who takes off suddenly one day for the Big City. Ivanka is disowned with these words: "Big city is no good for a girl like you, there are good men here - get married and be a good wife to 'him'." Iva... More >>

Longest Road to America: Volume 1: Childhood

Father And Son: Biographical Recollections

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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.... More >>

Father And Son: Biographical Recollections

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to th... More >>

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments

The Longest Road to America: Vol. 2

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The Longest Road to America... More >>

The Longest Road to America: Vol. 2

Evacuees - Stories of the Children

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Evacuees! Stories of the Children Written by the Evacuees, Edited by Terry Gasking. In 1939 the British people's only idea of the war time conditions were shaped by Newsreels showing the Luftwaffe's Blitzkrieg on Poland and Czechoslovakia. It was feared something similar would follow on London, South East England, and perhaps other big cities. In a few weeks an estimated 1,800,000 children were moved out of London, away from their parents; to 'safety'. Ma... More >>

Evacuees - Stories of the Children

Emerging Son

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"Emerging Son" is an autobiographical memoir about a man's journey to a purposeful midlife from youthful uncertainty. The author's quest to recreate the happiness of his youth takes him from the newsroom to the courtroom as he launches a career, from the Midwest to Rome as he grows in faith, and to South America as he builds a family. Looking to his father as an example, the writer ultimately discovers he has to look within himself for answers to life's questions ab... More >>

Emerging Son

Dragonfly Daughter: The Story of Violet Rose

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Imagine an unusual life lived in secrecy, on a crash course with tragedy that can only be avoided through courageous action that severs oneself from the past, and dooms one life in order to save another. This unusual tale is the story of Violet Rose whose memoir describes a world marked by all the deprivation and abuse typically associated with parental neglect, alcoholism, and mental illness, but with an added twist - prenatal trauma that produced birth defects and... More >>

Dragonfly Daughter: The Story of Violet Rose

Living Root: A Memoir

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In this literary memoir, poet and essayist Michael Heller interweaves family and personal history with reflections on language, poetry, religion, and memory itself.... More >>

Living Root: A Memoir

Don't Call Me Clarence

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He was a little kid in a tough neighborhood and with a name like Clarence, he developed an acute inferiority complex. Thanks to two teachers who helped him appreciate reading and writing, he had a goal in life that he never quit pursuing.... More >>

Don't Call Me Clarence

Dim and Distant Days

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Larissa Miller's memoir recounts her childhood in postwar Moscow.... More >>

Dim and Distant Days

Deja Views of an Aging Orphan

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DEJA VIEWS OF AN AGING ORPHAN is distinctive, if not unique, in its views and experiences of still alive HNOH alumni and its use of a variety of literary styles including the memoir, the essay, news articles, poems, history, short story and letters. Many provide first-person accounts of growing up in an orphanage in the 1920s and 30s and it is this first-person recounting that breaks new ground and casts new light on the subject of child-care --of such importance ... More >>

Deja Views of an Aging Orphan

Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During WWII

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The year is 1942. Charles Osgood is a nine-year-old living in Baltimore. His idols are Franklin Roosevelt and Babe Ruth, a hometown hero. Charlie spends his days delivering newspapers on his daily route, riding the trolley to the local amusement park, going to Orioles' baseball games, and playing with his younger sister, Mary Ann. With great attention to detail, Osgood captures the texture of life in a very different era, before anyone had heard of penicillin or... More >>

Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During WWII

The Life of a Real Girl: A True Story

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Compulsive Eating. Anorexia. Drug Addiction. Psychoanalysis. Mental hospitalization. Sexual hang-ups. Plastic surgery. A tragic love affair. In this remarkably frank autobiography, we see how Johanna Garfield grappled with her personal demons and emerged triumphant. “A sensitive, fascinating account of a young woman’s desperate and victorious struggle for life, happiness and sanity.” —Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin “A rivetingly human account of reality ... More >>

The Life of a Real Girl: A True Story

Dear Alfie

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An exceptional coming of age novel by a first time writer. A boy growing up in a small town experiencing life from grades one through twelve. The book also details his experiences with an adventuresome sibling, who generally steals the stage. A must read for both young and old, that will surely bring a smile to your lips and fond memories to mind. You will easily relate to the situations, and the characters will be like old friends revisited. A scrape with death as ... More >>

Dear Alfie

Childhood Memories

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"CHILDHOOD MEMORIES" is a collection of short stories the author has written of his earliest memories as a young boy 'movin' to a small farm and growing up on it. The entire Wild Wild West story is a vivid portrayal of the mind of a six year old boy's imagination while playing alone in the country. But, he was not alone as he had his imagination to while away the hours. Other stories are about life on a farm, from getting the milk cow, to caring for baby chickens. '... More >>

Childhood Memories

Le Café de Cadix: Or An Invincible Summer

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From the age of twelve at the start of World War II, until I met my American G.I. husband, I worked in the caf© my parents owned in Bab-el-oued, a working-class neighborhood in Algiers. My parents, whose stories we treasured, were exceptional in many ways. My father Salvador was a constant, reassuring presence in our lives. My mother Rose, epitomizing mind over matter, treated neighbors afflicted with typhoid fever, typhus, malaria, meningitis, and even cholera! S... More >>

Le Café de Cadix: Or An Invincible Summer

Cherokee Lost

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When young brothers Gene and Jack moved in with their grandparents in 1950, they didn't realize then the impact that Grandpa Will and Grandma Ida would have on their lives. Life in rural Dallas Hollow, Tennessee, was not always easy, but it was one filled with love, laughter, and life lessons learned. In this memoir, Cherokee Lost, author Gene Guthrie shares a glimpse of life with his elders. While living with their grandparents, they learned of their grandfather's ... More >>

Cherokee Lost

The Captain and the Captives: An American Child Tries To Make Sense Out Of War

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This creative non-fictional accounting of a child's life between 1941 and 1946 offers the reader an inside look at a unique American family. The story begins with President Roosevelt's speech about the attack on Pearl Harbor and ends after the family's relatives return home as released Japanese Prisoners' of War. During the intervening years the child tries to make sense out of the war itself, the sacrifice, and the involvement of family members who were her real li... More >>

The Captain and the Captives: An American Child Tries To Make Sense Out Of War

Book of Beginnings

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Book of Beginnings is a fond and nostalgic look back at the author's childhood. Included among the many brief stories in the book are anecdotes about the author's family, his first loves, his disappointments, his travels, and his many friends. Stuckey's good nature and joie de vivre are apparent throughout, and the book is both accessible and entertaining.... More >>

Book of Beginnings

Bombs and Lambs

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Fifty years ago thousands of children, luggage labels attached to blouses or blazers, were packed into trains and shipped out of London. Neither they nor their parents or teachers knew where they were headed. Clearly, war was coming, though it had not yet begun; it was just as clear that Hitler would launch an air attack the minute it did. Bombs and Lambs is a memoir of World War II--with a twist. Instead of relating the events she remembers--covering the time from ... More >>

Bombs and Lambs

Bless the Children, A Mother's Journal

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"Bless the Children, A Mother's Journal" is a collection of short rhyming stories extracted from the author's childhood memoirs and her journal as the young mother of exceptionally bright and very energetic children. Astutely and lightheartedly, these stories capture childhood as it flutters by ever so swiftly in its many phases and moods - the joys, the disappointments, and all the wonders of discovery. "Bless the Children" will spark your own memories of days l... More >>

Bless the Children, A Mother's Journal

Bending the Twig: A Memoir

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The story of a boy growing up on the Dakota Prairie during the Depression and World War II, a tale of poverty and hunger ?... More >>

Bending the Twig: A Memoir

Jesus Sound Explosion

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Mention the record album Jesus Sound Explosion to a typical child of the 1970s and that person is likely to picture one of those collections that used to be shown on TV (Call now! Not available in stores!). When Mark Curtis Anderson spied a copy in a junk store a few years ago, he knew just what he'd found, and the memories of growing up in a Baptist minister's family came flooding forth.
The title of Anderson's memoir is a nod to the live concert album from Expl... More >>

Jesus Sound Explosion

Awful Green Stuff and the Nakedness of Trees

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Harriette Lerrigo-Leidich literally grew up with printer's ink on her hands. The daughter of a Nebraska newspaperman, she began her career as a columnist when she was fourteen, nearly seventy-five years ago. She continues to engage readers with a marvelously evocative, distinctive voice that combines the warm friendliness of your favorite neighbor with the keen perception of a seasoned journalist. Awful Green Stuff and the Nakedness of Trees is a collection of a... More >>

Awful Green Stuff and the Nakedness of Trees

An American Christmas Patchwork

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Those of us, who believe in magic, believe in the Spirit of Christmas and anticipate that moment during the holiday season when it finds you. Fanciful plans, wishes, hopes and dreams for a magical Christmas, one that is filled with special holiday traditions, suddenly materialize into a glowing, tingling feeling that you feel from the tip of your nose to the tip of your toes. You may be singing carols, baking or decorating or buying or making gifts for all the speci... More >>

An American Christmas Patchwork

Allegheny Angels

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Forget interstates, fast cars, big rigs, and road rage. Instead, read about a forgotten place from the 1920s and 1930s called Irontown, famous for making products regarding steel. Bob Ripley of Ripley's Believe it or Not once called Dunbar one of the busiest little places in the world. Only those who chose remained in this little abandoned town. to know what happened after that, turn this book over and learn about the dramatic adventures of four young boys and ho... More >>

Allegheny Angels

The Adventures of Childhood

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While growing up in North Philadelphia (North Philly), a trip in the summertime to North Carolina was a refreshing experience. Many adventures waited whenever my family made the trip. Open fields a fresh country air seems to spell adventure for any kid who loves nature and enjoy taking hikes. What you'll discover in "The Adventures of Childhood" will make you aware of how similar each of our lives was while growing up. You may even say, "That happened to me when I w... More >>

The Adventures of Childhood

Willie

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Medicine man, then horse race caller, now Nashville songwriter-recording artist, author Willie Kell pens true story- If anyone should write a book it should be Willie Kell. From bathing in the creek with the frogs back on "Grandmaw's farm" as a child, growing up to sell home-cooked medicine and then becoming a horse race caller at the tracks, on TV and radio, Willie's done it all. In fact after his children taught him to play guitar, he became a Nashville songwri... More >>

Willie

Why God Has Gray Hair

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Those were the days! Pre Vatican II, Sister Hedwig, and Father Thaddeus. Step back in time to the elementary days of the 1930's in parochial school. Sophia Zufa offers an insightful, and more times than not, humorous retelling of her youthful days. Meet neighbors, friends, and family, in the sharp-witted and emotionally inspiring collection of tales born of experience. Sophia Zufa will make you laugh and bring a lump to your throat with her stories and anec... More >>

Why God Has Gray Hair

Icon of the Heart: A True Love Story

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Icon of the Heart is a true story of two lovers who defy all odds to be together. This book will capture your heart and give new meaning to the word ‘Love.’... More >>

Icon of the Heart: A True Love Story

Who Am I?

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A child's adolescent years suppose to be of joy and happiness growing up and having nothing to worry about but going to school and playing with your friends. Sometimes only if it was true, my life growing up brought on many different troubles, even till today. Do you know what it is like growing up and having people persecuting you for no reason at all? Let reading my book be a lesson to all. I grew up in Trinidad, WI, I had many problems in school, where everyday w... More >>

Who Am I?

Where the Twenties Weren't Roaring

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Where The Twenties Weren't Roaring describes life from 1926 to 1929, away from the "boom times" taking place in the cities. It reflects memories of the author, written through her eyes as an interested, observant child participating in the daily business of life, but too young and inexperienced to bear any responsibility. She relates how it felt to ride across the country in a touring car before the national highway system was developed. She depicts the eating, s... More >>

Where the Twenties Weren't Roaring

What's My Secret?

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There are deep layers of snow in my heart. Lesley-Madeleine's fascinating story reveals a life insecure and thwarted from its earliest years. Details of her search for records of her past are dexterously interwoven with reminiscences from her childhood as she and her mother move from place to place in pursuit of a settled existence. These tales are sometimes funny, often poignant, and at all times told with a matter-of-fact style which is sometimes heart-breaking in... More >>

What's My Secret?

The Wee Wild One: Stories of Belfast and Beyond

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Born in Ballycoan, Northern Ireland, Ruth C. Schwertfeger represents history and memory in an impressionistic memoir of her childhood on a farm and attending a girls' school in Belfast. Through the author's girlhood and discovery of her own national and religious identity, this humorous memoir is shaped significantly by images of Schwertfeger's father--"The Wee Wild One"--who spent his childhood on the same farm in Ballycoan. Schwertfeger provides her own int... More >>

The Wee Wild One: Stories of Belfast and Beyond

A House in Flanders

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A Englishman recalls the summer he spent with some titular ""aunts"" in Flanders, describing life there in the aftermath of the war and prior to the onslaught of modernity. 15,000 first printing.... More >>

A House in Flanders

The Horrors of War from the Eyes of a Child

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The Horrors of War From the Eyes Of A Child is a book that describes the horrific experiences the chief character in the book encountered as a refuge during the war. The gruesome carnage of 9-11-01 caused the author to remember his experiences of war and provoked the writing of this book. This book depicts how war affects children emotionally, socially, educationally and psychologically. The goal of the book is to portray the devastation of war on children anywh... More >>

The Horrors of War from the Eyes of a Child

Twelve Plus Me

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At six years old, Patsie, the youngest Dunker child, realizes that all 12 of her brothers and sisters are named after relatives or close friends–everyone except Patsie. The thought strikes her: I must be adopted! In that case, she has to find proof, which means venturing into forbidden territory. In her search for the truth, Patsie gets the fright of her life. The author, grown-up Patsie, recalls many such delightful stories from spending her first nine y... More >>

Twelve Plus Me

Hilke's Diary: Germany, July 1940-August 1945

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Hilke's Diary is a battered chintz-covered little book with a flowery pattern, its lock (once so important to its young owner) long-since broken. It has survived an incredible near-70 years, and was the inseparable companion of a little German girl throughout World War II. Hilke was evacuated from Hamburg and separated from her family; she was placed in 1940 with her uncle and aunt in Meisnheim, then later in 1942 she was sent to an estate as a companion for a littl... More >>

Hilke's Diary: Germany, July 1940-August 1945

That Could Never Be: A Memoir

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Kevin Dalton with Patrick Semple. This is a remarkable story of the victory of spirit over adversity. Kevin Dalton spent his life from 1934 when he was two until he was sixteen in orphanages. From an early age he wanted to be ordained and this is the story of how this ambition waxed and waned through all the vicissitudes of early disadvantage. He arrived in Dublin aged 18 with only a primary education and without a job. 'This was 1951 when there were few jobs to be ... More >>

That Could Never Be: A Memoir

Hide and Seek: A Wartime Childhood

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In 1939, Irenka Licht had just turned three when Germany invaded Poland. Her father, a respected local physician, tapped into a large network of friends who were willing to hide and protect his Jewish family. Irenka was sent to live separate from her family and spent six years hiding in cellars, attics, and a convent. She continually assumed false identities and was allowed to visit her family only occasionally-and under a heavy cloak of secrecy. In 1946, when Ir... More >>

Hide and Seek: A Wartime Childhood

Swivel Hips, Pitiful, and Ugly Mug

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Bonnie Joyce Harvell was born in the small town of Lamison, Alabama. She came from a large family of three boys and three girls. She tells stories of good times and bad times that she and her siblings endured while growing up. She points out that, even though she had a very poor life, she was really blessed to have good parents who loved their children and taught them about all the good things in life. She can appreciate what she has today because of the way she was... More >>

Swivel Hips, Pitiful, and Ugly Mug

A Guide to the Life, Times, and Works of Victor Hugo

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Compiled from reports published in 1881 when France held special celebrations to honor Victor Hugo on his 80th birthday. The 27th of December, 1880, was a fête day at Besançon. The houses in the picturesque old town, which dates further back than the Roman conquest, were hung with flags, and the echoes of music came back from the surrounding hills. On the banks of the river, in the streets, and in the squares, a well-dressed crowd was awaiting a ceremonial of ... More >>

A Guide to the Life, Times, and Works of Victor Hugo

Stolen Innocence

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Debi was turning two and had the perfect family. Daddy, mama, sister and brother. Little did she know that a tragedy was about to happen and she would be boarding an emotional roller coaster through childhood and adolescence. The ride took her from the innocence of a child to being sexually molested, to a church going family, back to being molested, to being a little girl, and back to being molested. The ups and downs of this ride were very emotional. The things tha... More >>

Stolen Innocence

South of Lobber Point

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A second volume (sequel to the author's "East of Varley Head" - ISBN 9080780812) of personal reminiscences of the way of life, social conventions, character sketches, anecdotes and observations related to the village of Port Isaac in North Cornwall in the mid and late 1940's, told with affection, humour and insight.... More >>

South of Lobber Point