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Popcorn in a Pillowcase (Paperback)
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Popcorn in a Pillowcase (Paperback)
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List price R378
Loot Price R328
Discovery Miles 3 280
You Save R50 (13%)
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Popcorn in a Pillowcase details the life of a youngster born in
1929, just three months before Black Tuesday in late October. Our
grandparents were the last of the pioneers who came to claim
homestead land in Montana. This book describes the day-to-day
concerns and adventures of the author and his family through the
decade of the '30s. Hard times affected everyone and forced many
adaptations in everyday life. One of these adaptations is the
source of the title of the book. Some of the chapters describe a
typical rural school, how people raised crops and animals, winters
that were particularly harsh and social activities. It was a time
when children were raised with less sensitivity and feelings of
neighbors were of less importance than now. Montana was the edge of
the Frontier. This is where those who didn't 'fit in' with each
other came to live. That may be where the saying, "Rough around the
edges," came from. Neighbors did watch to make sure everyone had
enough to eat and were warm in cold weather.
Ways of doing farm/ranch work changed with improved machinery, but
power tools were few and far between. Homes sometimes had a hand
operated pump in the kitchen, which was the extent of 'running
water.' There were a few generator/battery plants for electric
lights and the phones were big oak boxes that hung on the wall with
a crank to call the operator. Toward the end of the '30s many
things appeared that made life easier. Also, there arrived a
feeling in the air, a kind of anticipation, which signaled an end
to the "Hard Times." Rumblings from across the ocean of nations
threatening nations caused a few old timers a little concern. These
were mostly dismissed as being about asimportant as the momentary
glow of sheet lightning way off on the horizon. The decade ended
with folks looking forward to a better tomorrow.
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