Time Has Made A Change in Me [Hardcover]

Robert David Ward (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 13, 1999

This collection of individual memories of children growing up is filled with the hilarity of youthful ignorance played out in a time over fifty years ago, in a place that had its own unique differences, its own way of doing things. We can bring back the past and we can even profit from it.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Robert David Ward is Professor Emeritus of History at Georgia Southern University where he taught for thirty-one years. He received his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was born in Montevallo, Alabama, a town he celebrates in this book and in his earlier Lamar and Me, the story of two boys growing up in a little Southern town in the 1930s and 40s. Dr. Ward is the author or co-author of several books, including the authoritative Alabama; The History of a Deep South State. He lives in Statesboro, Georgia with his wife and son and his two research cats who want to investigate everything.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (December 13, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738808660
• ISBN-13: 978-0738808666
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,807,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Time Has Made a Change in All of Us, May 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Time Has Made A Change in Me (Hardcover)

A look at both growing up and getting old. Growing up inAlabama with a message for everyone. Humor, tragedy, the dramatic andthe mundane. In short, the shape of life.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History at its best by those who lived it, May 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Time Has Made A Change in Me (Hardcover)

Robert David Ward brought together a diverse mix of people whose lives were linked by time and place, revealing both the uniqueness of this small southern college town and a common culture familiar to those who remember World War II, danced to the music of a young Frank Sinatra and big bands, and listened to The Lone Ranger on the radio. It was a time when children created their own entertainment and adventure, limited only by imagination and invention. Although the setting was unique to those who lived it, many of the experiences brought me back to my own childhood in a small southern town. Their stories pulled me right into their lives as they shared the experiences that shaped their futures. I felt as if Montevallo was my town and its young people were my best friends. Not since I read the stories of Rebeccah Wells and Pat Conroy have I felt such a kindred spirit with the lives of those portrayed in TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE IN ME.

The broad mix of voices who shared their recollections and images convey a history more authentic than any history book of deadly dull facts and dates. This book will make a perfect gift for my children and grandchildren!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Past is Always With Us, February 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Time Has Made A Change in Me (Paperback)

This book is a bittersweet collection of memories --- some hilarious, some heartbreaking --- of the coming of age in a small southern town. The group of friends who penned these stories share a heritage and a culture found in other locations. Anyone born from 1927 to 1935 can easily relate to the scenes depicted by the men and women of that era. Other readers can benefit from insight gained from those who are peers of their parents and grandparents. If you want to spend a weekend reliving your OWN youth, this book is for you. If you want the younger members of your family to have a deeper understanding and appreciation of you as an individual, this is for them!