| A Childhood Lost: Dreams Beyond the Oregon Trail Contributor(s): Sakry, Jb (Author) |
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ISBN: 1706156928 ISBN-13: 9781706156925 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.35 lbs) 102 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fascinating and inspirational story from a different era about hardships caused by the American Great Depression when the country plummeted from the good times of the Roaring 20's almost immediately into the most severe economic times in history. You will appreciate how difficult it was for a young twelve-year-old boy and his recently widowed aging mother to fend for themselves during these desperate times. After his father's death in 1928, their ventures took them across the country and back, and then into Canada before eventually landing in northern Minnesota.Follow a lifetime of stories written from their treasure chest of journals, diaries and memories. This book offers historically accurate details from a personal perspective with insight of the Great Depression years and beyond. When he was in his early 30s, strong, successful and ambitious, with a bright future ahead of him, he was anxious to begin his new life in Minnesota. But then his life changed dramatically. His deep inner strength, along with the perseverance that he had learned early in life, were the vital qualities that pulled him through a near death illness which hospitalized him for over a year, and affected his health for the remainder of his life. |