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Download or read book The Olden Days written by Joe Mathieu and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1981 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and pictures portray life in a New England village in the early 19th century.
Book Synopsis The Olden Days Coat by : Margaret Laurence
Download or read book The Olden Days Coat written by Margaret Laurence and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sal decides to explore the contents of an old trunk in Grand's back shed. There she discovers a girl's winter coat. After she tries it on, Sal is transported into the past.
Book Synopsis Stories From the Olden Days by : P William Robertson
Download or read book Stories From the Olden Days written by P William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Papa and the Olden Days by : Ian Edwards
Download or read book Papa and the Olden Days written by Ian Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An old man tells stories about life in Australia when he was a boy in the 'olden days'.
Book Synopsis The Olden Days Locket by : Penny Chamberlain
Download or read book The Olden Days Locket written by Penny Chamberlain and published by Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jess is fascinated by the Victorian house where she has a volunteer summer job. When she begins having visions of a streetcar accident, she has a mystery from long ago to solve.
Book Synopsis Fun in the Olden Days by : William P. Robertson
Download or read book Fun in the Olden Days written by William P. Robertson and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2018-12-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Robertson was born in 1950 and grew up in a rural suburb of Bradford, Pennsylvania. Told from the boy's point of view, FUN IN THE OLDEN DAYS traces Billy's rollercoaster ride through childhood. The mainly humorous episodes relate his troubles at school, at play, and even at church. Brutal teachers, treacherous classmates, and quirky family all come under scrutiny as the plot unfolds. He also reveals the incidents and people that influenced him to become a writer. Come join in the games, jokes, and fun from an era uninfected by political correctness. An old-fashioned horselaugh provides the appropriate soundtrack.
Book Synopsis Alex Asks Grandpa about the Olden Days by : Gary Wilhelm
Download or read book Alex Asks Grandpa about the Olden Days written by Gary Wilhelm and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a young boy asking his grandfather about how life was long ago. So many times, children ask about the "olden days." This story explains a little about the 1940s to the young boy. Party line phones, radios with dials, books such as The Lone Ranger, chicks sent through the US Mail to the Post Office, farm life, neighborhood blacksmiths who fix the bicycles of children are all part of the story.
Download or read book Bad Old Days written by Alan J. Levine and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, especially those on the political left, the 1950s are the "bad old days." The widely accepted list of what was allegedly wrong with that decade includes the Cold War, McCarthyism, racial segregation, self-satisfied prosperity, and empty materialism. The failings are coupled with ignoring poverty and other social problems, complacency, conformity, the suppression of women, and puritanical attitudes toward sex. In all, the conventional wisdom sees the decade as bland and boring, with commonly accepted people paralyzed with fear of war, Communism, or McCarthyism, or all three. Alan J. Levine, shows that the commonly accepted picture of the 1950s is flawed. It distorts a critical period of American history. That distortion seems to be dictated by an ideological agenda, including an emotional obsession with a sentimentalized version of the 1960s that in turn requires maintaining a particular, misleading view of the post-World War II era that preceded it. Levine argues that a critical view of the 1950s is embedded in an unwillingness to realistically evaluate the evolution of American society since the 1960s. Many--and not only liberals and those further to the left--desperately desire to avoid seeing, or admitting, just how badly many things have gone in the United States since the 1960s. Bad Old Days shows that the conventional view of the 1950s stands in opposition to the reality of the decade. Far from being the dismal prelude to a glorious period of progress, the postwar period of the late 1940s and 1950s was an era of unprecedented progress and prosperity. This era was then derailed by catastrophic political and economic misjudgments and a drastic shift in the national ethos that contributed nothing, or less than nothing, to a better world.
Download or read book "The Good Old Days" written by Ernst Klee and published by Konecky Konecky. This book was released on 1991 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most painfully riveting books of our time. A first hand account of the greatest mass murder in history as told by the active and passive participants in genocide. What is different about this book is that it contains carefully compiled letters, journal entries and voluminous correspondence that prove beyond doubt that more members of the German population than ever before admitted to, knew about the Holocaust while it was happening.
Book Synopsis The Little Book of the Icelanders in the Old Days by : Alda Sigmundsdóttir
Download or read book The Little Book of the Icelanders in the Old Days written by Alda Sigmundsdóttir and published by Little Books Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iceland in centuries past was a formidable place to live. Situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the edge of the inhabitable world, the nation was both isolated and abjectly poor. Centuries of colonization translated into oppression and subjugation from the colonial overlords, and a hostile climate and repeated natural disasters meant that mere survival was a challenge to even the hardiest of souls. In these 50 miniature essays, Alda Sigmundsdottir writes about the Icelanders in centuries past in a light and humorous way, yet never without admiration and respect for the resilience and strength they showed in coping with conditions of adversity that are barely imaginable today. Their ways of interacting with the natural world are described, as are their sometimes tragic, sometimes ingenious, means of dealing with maltreatment and injustice from the church and other rulers. These forms of oppression include a trade monopoly imposed by Denmark that lasted nearly two centuries, a ban on dancing that lasted for a similar length of time, the forced dissolution of households when the breadwinner of the family died, the tyranny of merchants granted exclusive right to trade with the Icelanders, and the dreaded decrees of the Grand Judgement—a court of law that was set up to punish various offenses, real or imagined. Yet it is not only the “big picture” that is described in this book, but also the various smaller aspects that shed light on the daily life of the Icelanders of old. These include their ingenious ways of coping with lack, of preserving food, of finding shelter, of creating or admitting light into their homes, as well as the innumerable and sometimes wacky superstitions attached to various life events, big and small. The hilarious customs of hospitality and visiting are also described, as are some of the sexual activates of Icelanders in the past, their belief in elves and hidden people, sexual interactions with hidden people (!), ways of dealing with grief, interactions with foreigners, and much, much more. Today’s Iceland is a modern, cosmopolitan place, with one of the highest standards of living in the world. Yet less than a century ago, this paragon of equality and peace was the poorest society in Europe. The conditions of life described in this book are therefore not very distant from the Icelanders today, and many of the aspects described are still very much reflected in Iceland’s unique culture. In short, The Little Book of the Icelanders in the Old Days is not only a funny, witty, and wise exposé on the Icelanders’ daily life in the past, it is also essential to understanding the Icelandic national character today. Among the fascinating subjects broached in The Little Book of the Icelanders in the Old Days: • How Icelanders' housing developed from stately longhouses to tiny turf farms • The kvöldvaka: how Icelanders managed to live through the long, dark winters • Social structure among the common folk (farmers to vagabonds) • All the superstitions: how folks attempted to gain control over their lives • The elf belief deconstructed: why did those tales of hidden people develop? • No time to be a kid (being a child was tough in the Iceland of old) • Sex and the church (yep, Icelandic ecclesiastical authorities also meddled in people's sex lives) • Precious, precious food. How do you live on the edge of the inhabitable world, where hardly anything grows? • Welcoming guests: smooching and other etiquettes • Foreigners in Iceland. Think Iceland had no visitors back then? Think again! ... and so much more!
Book Synopsis Old Yellowstone Days by : Paul Schullery
Download or read book Old Yellowstone Days written by Paul Schullery and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over thirty years after its original publication, former Yellowstone National Park archivist Paul Schullery's collection of travelers' accounts of their visits to the first national park still resonates with the tremendous impact the Park has had--and continues to have--as a wilderness and recreation destination. From John Muir's exultation of the beauty of "Wonderland" to Rudyard Kipling's hilarious invective of the American tourist, Old Yellowstone Days includes selections which form the best picture of what Yellowstone must have been like before the intrusion of the automobile. Updated with a new introduction by Schullery, new illustrations, and a new foreword by Yellowstone National Park Historian Lee Whittlesey, this volume, which takes its title from an article by Owen Wister, also includes the impressions of William O. Owen, Charles Dudley Warner, Theodore Roosevelt, John Burroughs, Mrs. George Cowan, George Anderson, Emerson Hough, and Frederic Remington.
Book Synopsis Ohio County, Kentucky, in the Olden Days by : Harrison D. Taylor
Download or read book Ohio County, Kentucky, in the Olden Days written by Harrison D. Taylor and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Kendall and Mrs. Donaldson, in these two volumes reprinted as one by Clearfield Company, have abstracted Caswell County Will Books A through F, covering the years 1777 to 1814, and Will Books G through O, covering the period 1814 to 1843. The will book abstracts comprise the bulk of both volumes. They are arranged chronologically, according to the date of the court session, and include not only wills but also estate records, inventories, accounts, and so on. In addition to the abstracts of the will books, the compilers have made the following supporting records available to Caswell County researchers: guardian accounts, mortality schedules, powers of attorney, and tax lists.
Book Synopsis Good Old Days Remembers the Little Country Schoolhouse by : Ken Tate
Download or read book Good Old Days Remembers the Little Country Schoolhouse written by Ken Tate and published by DRG Wholesale. This book was released on 1999 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was is about the little country schoolhouse that so endears it to us? Travel with us to a time when education was a lot more than the three R's. You'll treasure this collection of heartwarming memories about those "dear old Golden Rule days."
Book Synopsis The Good Old Days--they Were Terrible! by : Otto Bettmann
Download or read book The Good Old Days--they Were Terrible! written by Otto Bettmann and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1974 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the negative aspects of American society between the 1860s and the early 1900s, including housing, education, food, travel, work, and health, illustrated with contemporary cartoons, prints, and photographs.
Book Synopsis Tales of Darkness and Light by : Soso Tham
Download or read book Tales of Darkness and Light written by Soso Tham and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soso Tham (1873–1940), the acknowledged poet laureate of the Khasis of northeastern India, was one of the first writers to give written poetic form to the rich oral tradition of his people. Poet of landscape, myth and memory, Soso Tham paid rich and poignant tribute to his tribe in his masterpiece The Old Days of the Khasis. Janet Hujon’s vibrant new translation presents the English reader with Tham’s long poem, which keeps a rich cultural tradition of the Khasi people alive through its retelling of old narratives and acts as a cultural signpost for their literary identity. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Indian literature and culture and in the interplay between oral traditions and written literary forms. This edition includes: • English translation • Critical apparatus • Embedded audio recordings of the original text
Book Synopsis Good Old Days in the Kitchen by : Ken Tate
Download or read book Good Old Days in the Kitchen written by Ken Tate and published by Annie's. This book was released on 1998 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in the "Good old days" life revolved around the kitchen table, not the television. This collection of essays, stories and recipes takes us back into the kitchen of yesteryear.
Book Synopsis The Last Days of Old Beijing by : Michael Meyer
Download or read book The Last Days of Old Beijing written by Michael Meyer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Michael Meyer has spent his adult life in China, first in a small village as a Peace Corps volunteer, the last decade in Beijing--where he has witnessed the extraordinary transformation the country has experienced in that time. For the past two years he has been completely immersed in the ancient city, living on one of its famed hutong in a century-old courtyard home he shares with several families, teaching English at a local elementary school--while all around him "progress" closes in as the neighborhood is methodically destroyed to make way for high-rise buildings, shopping malls, and other symbols of modern, urban life. The city, he shows, has been demolished many times before; however, he writes, "the epitaph for Beijing will read: born 1280, died 2008...what emperors, warlords, Japanese invaders, and Communist planners couldn't eradicate, the market economy can." The Last Days of Old Beijing tells the story of this historic city from the inside out-through the eyes of those whose lives are in the balance: the Widow who takes care of Meyer; his students and fellow teachers, the first-ever description of what goes on in a Chinese public school; the local historian who rallies against the government. The tension of preservation vs. modernization--the question of what, in an ancient civilization, counts as heritage, and what happens when a billion people want to live the way Americans do--suffuse Meyer's story.
