Download or read book Growing Up in Concord New Hampshire Boomer Memories from White s Park to the Capitol Theater written by Kathleen Bailey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s and 1960s Concord was technically a city, but it more closely resembled a small town. Remote from the larger world, change was slow to arrive - the stunning death of a popular young President, and a war that would tear the country apart and reassemble it as something nobody recognized. But those innocent decades were a seemingly endless summer, and young residents reveled in it. Riding bikes through the National Guard Armory grounds, hitching a snowy slide on the back of a mail truck and walking barefoot to the corner store for a Coke from the big red cooler. Entertainment was always free, from the Nevers Band to amateur fashion shows. Author Kathleen Bailey and photographer Sheila Bailey unveil a portrait of a town during a simpler time.
Download or read book 60 Going on Fifty written by Ed Poole and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old friends from the class of 1960 at an Indiana high school share nostalgic memories as their fiftieth reunion draws near . . . This is the story of sixteen classmates who graduated from Indiana’s Columbus High School in May, 1960. With their fiftieth high school reunion on the horizon, the “Columbus Crew” reconnected, and here the guys tell stories about growing up in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s, and how those times impacted who they are today—offering both a glimpse into history and a delightful ride down Memory Lane. While the stories are unique to the Columbus Crew, they will rekindle memories for anyone who grew up in this glorious era—and for children and grandchildren of baby boomers, they show what life was like in mid-twentieth-century America. Let the Columbus Crew take you back to the days of flat tops, LPs, the Hula Hoop, transistor radios, Lassie, 20 cents per gallon gas, big bands, rock and roll—while sharing personal reminiscences of first cars, girlfriends, sports, jobs, getting into trouble and finding their way out, and much more.
Download or read book Capitol Kid written by Gary Dreibelbis and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must read for any and all boomers of a certain age growing up in the Washington, D.C. area. Heavens to Warner Wolf the author doesn't need the videotape to recall so many great memories. - Leonard Shapiro, Former Sports Editor and Washington Redskins' beat writer for the Washington Post. More than a trip down Memory Lane. Gary Dreibelbis' chronicle of growing up in Washington is a journey through shared memories to common roots. He revisits a time and place that seems both simple and complex, recalling JFK, the Beatles, fallout shelters, and a District of real neighborhoods and places as varied as classrooms, the Jefferson Memorial, Walt Disney, and Shirley Povich. This terrific narrative is both personal and universal. - Bill Knight, Former Arts Editor of Washington Weekly. What a beautiful story, that takes me back to the magic of a lost America, when kids still delivered newspapers, when television was young, and families always ate together. Reading this, I can smell the tang of root beer floats and hear the hum of those old black and white TVs -- I can imagine the ink stains from the Post on Gary's fingers. This is a precious story of an everyday American family in the nation's capital, growing up in a time when current events would change them, and the country, forever. What Gary has written here is a wonderful love-letter to my birthplace, the District of Columbia. - Steve Osunsami, ABC News Gary C.Dreibelbis is a Washington, D.C. native who has taught Communication courses at Northern Illinois University, Bradley University, The University of Georgia, and Solano College. He is the author of The Gospel According to Sesame Street: Learning, Life, Love, and Death and coauthor and editor of Watching What We Watch: Prime Time Television Through the Lens of Faith.
Download or read book Concord NH Capitol Theater Ephemera written by NH Concord (Capitol Theater, Ephemera) and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memories of a Baby Boomer from Mansfield written by John S Adamescu and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2023-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a book for baby boomers especially since it follows the authors life from 1949 (his birth) to 1961 when he was 12 years old. It starts withs a biography of his families beginning with one sides immigration from Romania in 1912 to the other sides start on a farm in Mansfield Ohio. It gives many different instances of his association and interactions with parents, friends, teachers, locations actions that will give the reader (especially the baby boomers) a look inside the life of a child born in the baby boomer age. His friend are mentioned and given life throughout the book. I am currently 74 years old am retired and married for 44 years to my wife Gayle, whom I adore. I have 4 children Steve, Chris, Phil and Lizzy. I enjoy working on my 100 year old house, my classic car, a fine cigar on summer afternoons, traveling to New York, Chicago, across the USA, and Europe. But I most enjoy getting together with my family and my first grandchild, Nico!
Download or read book That Was Then written by Brenda Tate Groat and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "That Was Then" is a heart-warming and entertaining account of growing up in the fifties and sixties with a very special family with a very special and unique father. Readers will laugh, cry, and relate to the author's life. Ms. Groat's first book "Teaching 30 Years of My Life," depicted reflections of teaching in a public school and working with eighth graders. "That Was Then" is the rest of the story.
Download or read book Concord Memories written by Concord Monitor (Concord, N.H.) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black and white images of Concord, with captions and descriptive text, from the 19th century through the 1930s. The book is a "joint project of the Monitor, the Concord Public Library, Concord Historical Society and New Hampshire Historical Society." --P. 3.
Download or read book A Baby Boomer s Unexamined Life written by David Williams and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-25 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder what it was like to be a baby boomer and live a childhood period that saw jet engines become standard, black and white TV go to color, civil rights become law, and women's lib go mainstream? Mr. Williams grew up in a middle class family where his Christian parents had five boys; he was number three. He experienced the Massachusetts magic of a 1960's era Concord upbringing-attending their schools until the end of 8th grade. Its rich Revolutionary War and early American writers history was felt in school, church, the holidays, even Cub Scouts. We felt like we helped start this great country. His family moved to Clearwater, FL in the summer of 1968 and would remain while he attended school from 9th to 12th grade. He would experience a hurricane and racial strife. Whereas Concord had one black child per grade, Clearwater had a ratio more like 1 black for every 4 whites. Desperately wanting to conform, David joined the football program, along with many other semi clueless boys. The goal back then was simply to batter the kid in front of you on the line-no one questioned this. We gleefully complied.Being woefully unprepared for college, David would start at the University of Virginia in 1972. He graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering-despite limited mechanical interest. Still trying to find himself, he joined the Naval ROTC and received his commission into the Navy upon graduation. This was a whole new experience, extremely structured, with entirely new stresses that again took him mostly unawares. Herewith, the early years of the author's stressful, trial and error, unexamined life.Additionally, and no less significantly, the author relates the unavoidable experience of watching his parents grow old and face their mortality. We should all be so brave.
Download or read book Was That a Name I Dropped written by Paul E. Brogan and published by Aberdeen Bay. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Brogan grew up in picturesque Concord, New Hampshire. From an early age he dreamed of going to Hollywood and working in the movies.That road to his his dreams, however, was fraught with many detours and demon that threatened to derail not only his hopes but his life as well. 'Was that a name I dropped?' tells in chilling detail a true story about growing up gay and battling depression so deep that suicide seemed like the only option available. Paul's road to Hollywood is colorful and filled with memorable moments and characters." -- Excerpted from publisher's description.
Download or read book Transportation in an Aging Society written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2004 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Doolittle Family in America written by William Frederick Doolittle and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Getting Ready for the 4th Grade Assessment Tests written by Erika Warecki and published by Learning Express (NY). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Ready for the 4th Grade Assessment Test: Help Improve Your Child’s Math and English Skills – Many parents are expressing a demand for books that will help their children succeed and excel on the fourth grade assessment tests in math and English –especially in areas where children have limited access to computers. This book will help students practice basic math concepts, i.e., number sense and applications as well as more difficult math, such as patterns, functions, and algebra. English skills will include practice in reading comprehension, writing, and vocabulary. Rubrics are included for self-evaluation.
Download or read book ILLUS POPULAR BIOG OF CONNECTI written by J. a. (John Augustus) B. 1833 Spalding and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Hell s Angels written by Hunter S. Thompson and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels—Hell’s Angels, that is—in this short work of nonfiction. “California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again.” Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson’s vivid account of his experiences with California’s most notorious motorcycle gang, the Hell’s Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial Angels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, “For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson’s book is a thoughtful piece of work.” As illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, Hell’s Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend.
Download or read book History of New London Connecticut written by Frances Manwaring Caulkins and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America written by Barry Latzer and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling case can be made that violent crime, especially after the 1960s, was one of the most significant domestic issues in the United States. Indeed, few issues had as profound an effect on American life in the last third of the twentieth century. After 1965, crime rose to such levels that it frightened virtually all Americans and prompted significant alterations in everyday behaviors and even lifestyles. The risk of being mugged was a concern when Americans chose places to live and schools for their children, selected commuter routes to work, and planned their leisure activities. In some locales, people were afraid to leave their dwellings at any time, day or night, even to go to the market. In the worst of the post-1960s crime wave, Americans spent part of each day literally looking back over their shoulders. The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America is the first book to comprehensively examine this important phenomenon over the entire postwar era. It combines a social history of the United States with the insights of criminology and examines the relationship between rising and falling crime and such historical developments as the postwar economic boom, suburbanization and the rise of the middle class, baby booms and busts, war and antiwar protest, the urbanization of minorities, and more.
Download or read book On Writing Well written by William Knowlton Zinsser and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1994 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
