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Railwayman's Son: A Plains Family Memoir (Plains Histories)
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by Hugh Hawkins
Sales Rank: 1478722
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List Price: $24.95
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 196 pages
Published by: Texas Tech University Press April 30, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 089672557X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0896725577
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 15.2 ounces
Book Description
Hugh Hawkins was seven years old when his fathers job with the Rock Island Railroad forced his family to relocate to far western Kansas. Before he turned twelve the family had lived in three "Rock Island towns": Herington, Kansas; Goodland, Kansas; and finally El Reno, Oklahoma. Such was the life of a railwaymans son during the Great Depression. In this warm and thoughtful memoir, Hawkins paints a portrait of a middle-class familys traditions and values in the heartland of the 1930s and 1940s.
"I can't remember the last time I used the words ‘lovely and ‘marvelous to describe a book, but surely they apply to Hugh Hawkinss evocation of a vanished America, a work that is as sure-footed as it is touching."-Madeleine Blais, author of Uphill Walkers: Portrait of a Family
"Hawkins combines the skills of an accomplished historian with the sensitivities of a novelist to construct an engaging and poignant memoir of a Midwestern childhood in the 1930s and the first half of the 1940s. Through his memories and reflections, the author provides an intimate view of his family and a fresh perspective on the powerful forces that shaped the lives of Americans during these tumultuous times."-N. Ray Hiner, University of Kansas
About The Author
Professor emeritus of history and American studies at Amherst College, Hugh Hawkins is the author of numerous works, including Pioneer: A History of the Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.
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