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Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven
by Susan Richards Shreve
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by John M. Barry
Published Jan 2005
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by Linda Scott DeRosier
Published Jul 2002
Read ReviewsA humorous and poignant memoir of an educated and cultured woman who came of age in Appalachia. A story of relationships, the challenges and consequences of choice, and the impact of the past on the present.
by Haven Kimmel
Published May 2002
Read ReviewsThis witty and lovingly told memoir takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period--people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards.
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