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From Then 'til Now: Nearly 100 Years

by Carol Peterson

174 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-2430; ISBN 1-4120-4622-X; US$19.00, C$22.00, EUR15.50, £11.00

This personal look back at the past 80 to 100 years is full of memories that will stir nostalgia in anyone, but especially in those over 40 or 50 years old.

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About the Book

I have felt for many years that there have perhaps never been a 75 to 100 years that have seen so much progress and change, both for good and bad. Life has always been mixed with both good times and bad times, and so it will until the Lord returns. But this type of good and bad is not what I am writing about. In the horse and buggy era and early years of the car, there were a lot of hard times: poverty, sickness, and epidemics, but by and large, the moral fiber of most people was much better than now.

There are many things to blame, but the sad part of this is that I believe the Christians are the most to blame for not getting involved. The scapegoat idea: it's all in the Lord's hands, we don't have to worry or do anything. In the meantime, much has happened because of the ACLU, our court system, the pressure of the entertainment world and the Democratic party, and too many Republicans voting wrong. It is already illegal for the kids to pray in school or even take their Bible to school. They are trying to get "In God We Trust" off our money and take for God and Country out of the Pledge of Allegiance

However, I feel there is a trend now of thinking seriously about God and morals and hard work, and there will have to be if this world is going to last. So I am dedicating this to my nine children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and anyone who reads it that it will help them see what a change has taken place in the 1900's and that it might help them on the road of life, plus hopefully bring some enjoyment.

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About the Author

Carol Peterson was born in 1923, the fourth child and first boy in his family. After a few years in the Army during World War II, he married his first wife, Ardelle, and had two boys and two girls. Ardelle was killed in a car accident in 1959. Carol married Irene Fisk, whose husband had passed away from cancer, in 1961 and adopted her two children. They then went on to have three girls of their own. Carol is now a proud grandfather and great-grandfather as well as father, with a family of more than 50.

Carol was a small business owner for over forty years, running two separate businesses in Burnett County, Wisconsin. He and Irene built up and ran Birchwood Beach, a beautiful resort right on Spirit Lake. Their son Dwight and his wife Nancy are the current owners. Carol also owned and ran Peterson Lumber for over thirty years.

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