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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 ... last one ... 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$ 19.95 by: Cavendish International Books & Music - Book number: 583a
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