Billy the Kid (from Houston-Not Texas): A Child's Life from 1950 to 1960

By Bill Ramsey

Book Overview

The decade of the fifties may have been the last to allow children to be children. Childhood in the fifties was innocent, happy, and carefree. Author Bill Ramsey was a child who grew up in that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595502814
• ISBN13: 9780595502813
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Growing Up in the 50's

Childhood fascinates us for what it is and how it forecasts our futures. Ramsey tells us about ten years of his youth, a clean decade, 1950 to 1960, growing up in Houston, PA, a small town 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. He talks about himself, his family, friends, neighborhood, school and Main Street, a circle that widens as his consciousness expands. This is a successful slice of life and time, something John O'Hara would have enjoyed and then turned into one of his Pennsylvania stories.