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BEYOND MAGNOLIAS: My First 30 Years
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The opening chapter of this book tells of a boy who lost his father at the age of two and went with his mother and seven siblings to live with their maternal grandparents in Southwest Louisiana. Confronted with a huge increase in the size of his family, the boy's grandfather established a dairy farm, called Magnolia Dairy, and put his grandkids to work earning their keep while attending the nearby consolidated school. The author portrays this life as contributing to his own internal discipline as well as sustaining the family through the Great Depression. A second chapter chronicles the family's antecedents from Revolutionary America to the present. As the boy reaches adulthood World War II looms. He joins the Air Corps and trains for work as a radio and control tower operator. After Pearl Harbor and a failed attempt to become an Air Force pilot he rejoins his radio squadron and is eventually sent to China. His wartime experience with new and different cultures abroad inspires him further his education at LSU and Yale and prepare himself for a diplomatic career, a story that he has told in A Farm Boy in the Foreign Service, 1st Books Library, 2003.
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Item Specifications...
Pages 188
Dimensions: Length: 8.8" Width: 5.8" Height: 0.6"
Weight: 0.5 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Sep 23, 2004
ISBN 1418406120
EAN 9781418406127
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 | Southern beginnings May 31, 2009 |
| This book related a story about a coming of age farm boy from the South. His sense of importance of family and the values imparted by those that reared him, touches the heart. One is reminded of the innocence of a bygone era and the struggles that post-war families dealt with in raising a large brood during the depression. | | |  | Well "Beyond Magnolias" Jan 1, 2005 |
| I've just finished this book, and find myself very impressed. Mr. Kendall's writing skills make the narrative flow nicely; the details he provides -- of people, places, the sequence of events, and how all that related to the larger picture -- constantly amazed and delighted this reader. His forthright and honest candor in relating personal experiences (including youthful romances) enhances the sense of realism most effectively. Readers who will identify with much of this charming story include anyone who comes from a rural setting or a large family, remembers the World War II years, knows about determination to pursue higher education via the GI Bill, worked in journalism and/or the foreign service. His insights into the cultural values of China, from both his colorful wartime Army duty and subsequent experiences in that part of the world, are particularly rewarding. It's a book worth reading twice. | | | Write your own review about BEYOND MAGNOLIAS: My First 30 Years
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