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The Growing Seasons

An American Boyhood Before the War

The Growing Seasons( )
Author: Hynes, Samuel
ISBN:978-0-14-200396-1
Publication Date:May 2004
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $23.95
Book Description:

For Americans who grew up in the 1930s, the phrase “before the war” calls up a distant time as remote from the way we live now as some foreign country. Looking back with a clear-eyed, unsentimental gaze, Samuel Hynes describes his midwestern boyhood during the lean times of the Great Depression: his father’s wandering search for work; a long, hot summer on a farm; rough-and-tumble games in city alleys; the temptations of sex, stealing, and drinking; the wonder of falling in love for...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Military
Business & Economics / Economic History
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
History / United States / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.954 x 19.66 x 1.448 cm
Book Weight:0.2 Kilograms



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