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""Tell me about the olden days, Mom."" So started Jeanne Bartlett's remembrance of things past. The twenty-five essays collected here open a window into what it was like to be a child in rural New Hampshire during the 1930s and 1940s. Present-day events kindle memories of long-ago childhood adventure, community generosity, daily and seasonal chores, and growing up in a family that would ""use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without"" on their homestead in the hills. With deftness, humor, and grace, Jeanne's writing brings us to the kitchen table, the hay field, and the snow drifts of her youth. Readers might find their own childhood memories stirring or be prompted to ask of others, ""What was it like?"" And with a skilled storyteller as their guide, readers for whom this is a time lost to history can begin to experience it for themselves through the vivid telling of being present with the past.

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""There are many sources to learn about major historical events, but if you want to know about the daily life of ordinary folk, you need to read a book like this one by Jeanne Bartlett. Each little vignette, crafted with such care, gives a glimpse of how it was to grow up in rural Deering, New Hampshire in the 1930s and 40s. Written with an economic use of words, it is so evocative of the scene being described that you feel you are there."" -Suzanne Huggard, former archivist, New Hampshire Historical Society ""Jeanne Bartlett is more than skillful with words. Her writing captures vivid moments and memories from early twentieth-century rural New Hampshire, seen through the eyes of a young girl and shaped by her connections to family and landscape."" -Michelle Johnson, President, Deering Historical Society ""Each eloquent essay is superb, yet taken together they have an even greater impact."" -Sylvia Merrill Beaupré, author of Centennial and Tavern Village Tales

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