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7. Clancy Strock "I Know... I Was There"
This book is a collection of short pieces Strock original wrote for "Reminisce" magazine. I didn't know there was such a thing, but I guess there was. The time period covered is generally the 1930's through the 1950's. Unfortunately, they aren't that well written and they are saccharine. Really, it was just painful for me. It made me appreciate books such as "Elm at the Edge of the Earth" or "The Northern Farm: A Glorious Year on a Small Maine Farm". For those books the nostalgic bits are integral parts of the telling, not like being asked to chew it up and swallow it undiluted.
As antidote to this one, I've started "Trainspotting".
This book is a collection of short pieces Strock original wrote for "Reminisce" magazine. I didn't know there was such a thing, but I guess there was. The time period covered is generally the 1930's through the 1950's. Unfortunately, they aren't that well written and they are saccharine. Really, it was just painful for me. It made me appreciate books such as "Elm at the Edge of the Earth" or "The Northern Farm: A Glorious Year on a Small Maine Farm". For those books the nostalgic bits are integral parts of the telling, not like being asked to chew it up and swallow it undiluted.
As antidote to this one, I've started "Trainspotting".