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BEAUDOUIN, DAVID ED. My First Hundred Years - Conversations with Our Oldest Citizens
Baltimore: Ottenheimer Pub, 1997. First Edition. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9 " 1997 Softcover 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... faint bumps bottom edge ... Gift Giving quality ... 119 pages ... illustrated with B&W photographs .... What was the world like in the Victorian age ? ... How was it in America during the First World War, the Depression, World War II , the 1950s and beyond ? ... Conversations with our Oldest Citizens ... One likes to stay up until 2 am faceting stones at his workbench .... another swims regularly & has broken world rec ords in his class .... One works a 40 hour week, proofreading at a major newspaper .... Others have less physical vigor, but stilll brim with extraordinary stories of a time when America was young ..... The 21 centenarians in these remarkable in terviews have survived storms & epidemics, ridden in the first automobiles, raised families, served in wars, & fought for peace ..... Some have rubbed shoulders with fame, others have passed most of their years in hard work & the quiet satisfaction of family .... They all have something to teach us - about courage, forgotten courtesies & old-fashioned endurance .... Their humor, their dignity & their delight in life offer us a new prospective on aging - & their stories are good for the soul ..... Editor David Beaudouin is a poet whose most recent book of verse is titled The American Night ... This book is a heartfelt look at some remarkable folks who lived to be more than 100 years young .... " My First Hundred Years - Conversations with Our Oldest Citizens " edited by David Beaudouin ... published by Ottenheimer Publishing, Baltimore 1997 ***. New .
Offered for US$ 9.95 by: Cavendish International Books & Music - Book number: 583a
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