Yesteryear's Child: Golden Days and Summer Nights

by Richard W. Robrbacher and Phoebe Louise Westwood

This captivating memoir of growing up in the first years of the twentieth century provides a window on a time past--a time before television and space travel, before radio, women's suffrage, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962304875
• ISBN13: 9780962304873
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Heritage West Books
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Good job Grandma!

This is the story of my great-grandmother for whom I was named. When I was a fifth grader I read the book and I enjoyed it. It was interesting to see that even though the years seperated us, we really have similarities.

Great Read

This book was great for info about the days gone by! If ever you wondered how they dealt with things then, this is perfect. I especially liked it because it took place where I live, Oroville California. ( a very small town.... )

Snapshot of a girl growing up in a small town 100 years ago.

This is abook well worth reading. It is about how life 100 years ago in small California town affected a girl who grew up from 1896-1914 when she left home to attend the University of California, Berkeley to major in science. Phoebe Westwood was a second generation Californian. Her family were basically English/Scottish. The author talks about various subjects, food, work week for women, health, femanine hygiene, education, and much more. In this book the voice of the young girl is never lost.Yesteryear's Child is now on the suggested reading list for California schools in California History.A must read for anyone interested in a woman's point of view about life 100 years ago.