Yesteryear's Child: Golden Days & Summer Nights

by Phoebe Louise Westwood, Richard W. Robrbacher

This captivating memoir of growing up in the first years of the twentieth century provides a window on a time past--a time before television and space travel, before radio, women's suffrage, and penicillin. Outdoor privies were being replaced by indoor plumbing; horse-drawn carriages shared the dusty roads with the first automobiles and the earliest telephone numbers were single digits. In the tradition of such personal memoirs as "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "I Remember Mama," this delightful tale will evoke memories in the old and wonder in the young.

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1993

Reviews

[Steve cutting · Rating 5 out of 5]

The time line starts at the end of the 1800's.
Each chapter is a short story in itself.
This book is best described by the chapter titles:

Our Town
My Family
My Father
Duties of the Sexes
Domestic Work Week
Food
The Farm
Medicine and Hygiene
Family Hygiene
Entertainment
Personal Comments
Clothes and Shopping
Transportation
Summer Heat
The Peddlers
Liquor
Senior Citizens
Death

One last note - A boy would be better off finding another book to read. This book is pretty much all girl stuff; unless a older man and is a serious historian.