OUR SPLENDID TABLE

By MR. Kenneth Holtzclaw BSCI

THIS IS A STORY THAT BEGINS IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF OROVILLE CALIFORNIA AND LATER IS CENTERED MORE IN THE SMALL, NEARBY COMMUNITY OF THREMALITO CALIFORNIA. HERE IT CENTERS AROUND A STORY RELATED TO TABLE MOUNTAIN, WHERE FOUR CHILDREN CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF TABLE MOUNTAIN WITH A MULE AND EVENTUALLY RENAMED TABLE MOUNTAIN, SPLENDID MOUNTAIN, AFTER SEEING ITS BEAUTY ON THE MOUNTAIN'S TOP. HALF OF THE BOOK CENTERS ABOUT CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THIS MOUNTAIN AND ACTIVITIES AROUND NEARBY TOWNS OF OROVILLE AND THREMALITO. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER ACTIVITIES THE CHILDREN ENGAGE IN THAT ARE ALL INTERESTING TO READ ABOUT. THE STORY'S SEQUENCES TAKE PLACE DURING THE YEARS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. TIMES WERE HARD LIVING THEN, AND STORIES INCLUDED HERE FORTELL OF THIS ERA. LATER DURING THIS STORY, THE CHILDREN INHERIT SOME MONEY AFTER PARENTS DEATHS. TWO OF THE NEIGHBOR BOYS WHO ARE NOW GROWN UP DECIDE TO TAKE ONE OF THEIR HOMES AND FARM MELONS ON THE PROPERTY IN THE BACK. THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD MAKE A GOOD LIVING DOING THIS. THEN ALL A SUDDEN THIS IDEA CHANGES WHEN ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS TELLS THEM ABOUT A CRUISE HE JUST GOT BACK FROM AND HOW ENJOYABLE IT WAS. THIS INTERESTED THE TWO WHO HEARD THE CRUISE STORY AND SOON GROWING MELONS WAS POSTPONED AND A CRUISE CAME TO THE FOREFRONT. IT WASN'T LONG THEY WERE ENJOYING A TRIP TO GREECE, A CRUISE THROUGH SOME AEGEAN SEA ISLANDS AND VISITS TO TURKEY AND THIS WAS AN ADVENTURE THAT ENDED THE BOOK'S STORY WELL.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1091277176
• ISBN13: 9781091277175
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"