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Aberdeen Stories: Growing Up Right in Small-town America

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You watch the news and about all you hear is bad news. Turn off the T.V. and read this book and enjoy the daily activities of a boy growing up in small town America. It's the best book I've read in a very long time. Return to a time when a mop was instantly transformed into a hero's horse. A box was the rocket ship that would take you to another galaxy. A boy saw the world through his eyes and now that he's a man he has put his memories to paper. THANK GOODNESS because we all need this type book!

A very interesting book.Good clean fun for all ages.

Usually, I'm not much for a lot of nostalgia, but when I heard about this book I just had to check it out. Why? It is about my home town and written by a classmate of mine. However, I've shared it with friends and found that regardless of when they went to school or where they grew up, in small or larger towns, they share the same stories. With the horror of this week of 9/11/01, reading this was wrapping myself in the warmth of a comforting quilt of wonderful memories of growing up. Thanks, Steve! Move over Garrison Keillor!

Simply one of the most enjoyable books about life in the mid-20th century about a boy and his little brother and some friends growing up, playing, working on a farm, and attending school in the town of Aberdeen, Idaho. I have followed the very beginnings of this book from the early 1990s when it was written in short bits and bytes on an online support group for Alzheimer caregivers. It was pure joy each day to have some little distraction when we most needed it! And that's why Steven wrote it--to amuse and distract us. I have urged Steven for years to get this book published because I noticed immediately its quality and ability to "grab" a person and hold him/her riveted to each short story. I have laughed over the chapters in varying stages of development over the years, and I'm proud to recommend this to everyone, young and old alike. Get it for yourselves; give it as gifts. You will love it. I doubt you can read just one story at a time. I couldn't and still can't. Steven is a wonderful friend; he is a disabled veteran who tapped out this wonderful book on his computer keyboard not without difficulty. And here it is for all to enjoy and love. I understand another book is in the making. I simply cannot wait!

I must say that I truly enjoyed this book! I read it all in one day, which is what I do when I enjoy a good book.
Steven's brother, Mike, was in my class at school. And although some of the short stories don't connect with me, many of them do.
The things that struck me the most were his vivid descriptions which brought back so many memories. I've been gone from Aberdeen for over 28 years, yet when I read the story about the "Nat" I could actually see it and hear the sounds. I hadn't thought of the "Posse" or Alcho Chumley for many many years. It brought back memories of school days and certain teachers. It brought back memories of "Aberdeen Days," fireworks, the boat dock, spring hollow, the library, the "Sweet Shop," the movie theater, the library, hula hoops, marbles, and the Neeley Honey Company. It brought back my childhood in a wonderful way. I would recommend this book! Thanks Steven for writing it!

Aberdeen Stories is a wonderful book about children growing up on a farm in rural Idaho. Steven Stoker's writing style is akin to Archibald Rutledge's. When reading the stories you feel as if you are sitting on a front porch listening to the author talk of his boy hood. While delightfully funny, Steven's serious side and his deep feelings of family unity and love are very apparent.
A must for everyone who enjoys reading about a simpler life in rural America.