Growing Up Simple: An Irreverent Look at Kids in the 1950s [Paperback]

George Arnold (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Eakin Press; 2 edition (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571687912
• ISBN-13: 978-1571687913
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,027,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Look Back at Simpler Times, April 29, 2008

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Barbara Johnston (seattle,wa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Growing Up Simple: An Irreverent Look at Kids in the 1950's (Paperback)

I loved this book. The chapter called "Too Little To Be President" alone is worth the price of the whole book. And if you can't laugh out loud at the tales of teenage boys delivering new school buses all over Texas, you need to up your meds!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lot's of Fond Remembrances, May 1, 2008

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Tex "A Fellow Texan" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Growing Up Simple: An Irreverent Look at Kids in the 1950's (Paperback)

While the author was growing up in Austin, I was growing up in Houston. It was amazing how similar life was in Texas' largest city and Texas' capitol city. The 50's were a wonderful time to be a kid - prosperity reigned and the world was (mostly) at peace. The book really captures the spirit of those years and brought back a wonderful era in a personal, humorous and fun manner.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Laughter is good medicine, April 30, 2008

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Julie B. Fix "PR professor" (Sugar Land, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Growing Up Simple: An Irreverent Look at Kids in the 1950's (Paperback)

First, a disclaimer: I have known and worked with George Arnold for years and I love him and his sweet wife to death. But even if I didn't know George and hadn't bought the book because of that, I'd write the same review. This is a great book for someone who has memories of the '50s (and perhaps those who don't) who want to remember things forgotten and laugh out loud a lot. The pranks in the movie theatre made me laugh so hard, I cried. We all need more laughter in our lives. Thanks to George Arnold for giving us some.