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Author Mathias, Frank Furlong

Title The GI generation : a memoir / Frank F. Mathias
Published Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (307 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Lucky and Nannie; 2. Carlisle and Maysville; 3. Our Main Street Neighborhood; 4. Cigars and Cinnamon Balls; 5. Hammering Catfish and Other Events; 6. The Uncommon Cold and the Specialty Man; 7. Major and Minor; 8. The Forces of Nature; 9. They Called Him Lucky; 10. A Shoeshine and a Smile; Illustrations; 11. Burma Shave and Buzzard Roost; 12. Foo-fighters and Kinniconick; 13. Making Do with the Great Depression; 14. Cops, Robbers, and Characters; 15. Summertime; 16. Hanging around Town; 17. Camp Black Hawk and Carlisle Christianity
18. Maysville on My Mind19. The Queen City and the Kings; 20. Life Went on as Usual; 21. Poetry and War; 22. The Music Goes Round and Round; Postscript
Summary Frank Mathias was born in Maysville, Kentucky, (pop. 7000) in 1925 and grew up in nearby Carlisle (pop. 1500), where life in his small town was much like that in towns and villages all across America. He came of age in an era of total security; his parents never even had a key to their front door. Daily living was infused with gossip; no one had a secret, and everyone knew everyone else's business. Outdoor life was a vital part of growing up, and teachers and mentors instilled a sense of right and wrong in young people. Raised during the Great Depression, Mathias became a member of a fighting
Subject Mathias, Frank Furlong.
SUBJECT Mathias, Frank Furlong fast
Subject Depressions -- 1929 -- Kentucky -- Carlisle
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Depressions
Manners and customs
SUBJECT United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140537
Carlisle (Ky.) -- Biography
Subject Kentucky -- Carlisle
United States
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
Personal narratives
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813149882
0813149886
Other Titles G.I. generation