Yesteryear's Child: Golden Days and Summer Nights [Paperback]

Phoebe L. Westwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0962304875 | ISBN-13: 978-0962304873

This captivating memoir of growing up in the first years of the twentieth century provides a window on a time past--a time before television and space travel, before radio, women's suffrage, and penicillin. Outdoor privies were being replaced by indoor plumbing; horse-drawn carriages shared the dusty roads with the first automobiles and the earliest telephone numbers were single digits. In the tradition of such personal memoirs as "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "I Remember Mama," this delightful tale will evoke memories in the old and wonder in the young.

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Heritage West Books (May 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962304875
• ISBN-13: 978-0962304873
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,107,734 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 Snapshot of a girl growing up in a small town 100 years ago., May 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Yesteryear's Child: Golden Days and Summer Nights (Paperback)

This is abook well worth reading. It is about how life 100 years ago in small California town affected a girl who grew up from 1896-1914 when she left home to attend the University of California, Berkeley to major in science. Phoebe Westwood was a second generation Californian. Her family were basically English/Scottish.

The author talks about various subjects, food, work week for women, health, femanine hygiene, education, and much more.

In this book the voice of the young girl is never lost.

Yesteryear's Child is now on the suggested reading list for California schools in California History.

A must read for anyone interested in a woman's point of view about life 100 years ago.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good job Grandma!, October 10, 2003

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Phoebe Rohrbacher (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yesteryear's Child: Golden Days and Summer Nights (Paperback)

This is the story of my great-grandmother for whom I was named. When I was a fifth grader I read the book and I enjoyed it. It was interesting to see that even though the years seperated us, we really have similarities.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read, May 9, 1999

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[e-mail] (Oroville, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yesteryear's Child: Golden Days and Summer Nights (Paperback)

This book was great for info about the days gone by! If ever you wondered how they dealt with things then, this is perfect. I especially liked it because it took place where I live, Oroville California. ( a very small town.... )