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Tales of a New England Boyhood: Scituate, Massachusetts 1931-1946

Tales of a New England Boyhood: Scituate, Massachusetts 1931-1946

Donald E. Hattin

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ISBN10: 1425942458
ISBN13: 9781425942458
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Jul 21 2006
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
With humor, sensitivity, and a keen sense of history, Don Hattin transports the reader back in time to Scituate as it was during the Great Depression and World War II. He introduces family members, gives a tour of his home, and describes the barn which was setting for much youthful mischief. Next, stories of Hatherly School, its teachers, and its activities, are related in vivid detail. Don entertains with accounts of construction efforts: a train, playhouse, pirate ship, underground hideout, tree houses, a boat, and two chicken coops. He acquaints us with several neighborhood characters: Jere Ainslie, whose small store featured genuine penny candy; Lonnie Pratt, hardware clerk at Seavern's Store; Hymie Cohen, the ragman; Eloise Curtis, bakeshop entrepreneur; Louis Haartz, hopeful builder of the sloop Rainy Day; Pa Swift, builder of $66.00 backyard swimming pool; and a host of playmates and teenage buddies. World War II is recounted in terms of scrap drives; food, gasoline, and shoe rationing; coastal defense; volunteer airplane spotters; emergency training; and air raid drills. Don shares his recollections of work experiences picking apples, sea mossing, grocery clerking, lobster fishing, and truck gardening. He further enlivens Tales with vignettes of secondary school teachers, classroom hijinks, athletic misfires, and graduation, among others. The book concludes with his departure for college, where he soon turned eighteen, thus ending a boyhood filled with lively action, lasting friendships and happy memories.

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