A gentle memoir that captures a poignant time in American history.
A child of the Depression looks back to those penny-pinching days.
As with many people from Tabler’s era, the Depression years would have a lasting effect on the author–the memory of deprivation ever present on his mind. Not only did the resourcefulness of his parents contribute to his prudent nature, but the Depression also taught him social commitment. The depth of “neighbor-to-neighbor” relationships, the generosity and concern folks had for one another, would become for Tabler a marker of how good people can carry on during hard times. The author writes of this part of his life with insight and sympathy, acknowledging simultaneously the hardships and the communal strength of the time. He recalls an America working together to survive, cold nights, frozen cistern pumps, frightening medical challenges and FDR’s morale-boosting radio fireside chats. When his father moved the family from the town to the country, exchanging factory for field, Tabler was introduced to working the land. These early days of vegetable plots and the satisfaction of watching a seedling break through the soil made a significant impact on the author. A perspicacious high-school football coach later recommended that Tabler seek his calling in the fields, and so he earned a doctorate in dairy agriculture. Tabler charts his journey to adulthood with an endearing colloquial frankness, and like many memoirs, works chronologically, forging forward with little time spent on critical reflection. Still, his anecdotes of college life and his relationship with close friend Muggs, the courting of his wife Pat–shown through her quaint letters to her parents–and the storied values of his family reflect a time of hard work, optimism and resolve. The author reports on the birth of their children, his research and building their dream home–all carried out with the perseverance and sense of purpose born from his Depression days.
A gentle memoir that captures a poignant time in American history.Pub Date: N/A
ISBN: 978-0-9773114-0-8
Page Count: -
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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BOOK REVIEW
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
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