Trafford Publishing: Road from Hilldene: Growing Up on a Farm in the Great Depression

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Road from Hilldene: Growing Up on a Farm in the Great Depression

by Leroy Day

264 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); black and white images; catalogue #05-1191; ISBN 1-4120-6290-x; US$20.00, C$23.00, EUR16.43, £11.50

Boyhood experiences on a farm during the Great Depression.

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About the Book

Road From Hilldene chronicles the boyhood of the author on a farm in rural Virginia during the Great Depression. It tells of hard work and happy play of a time long ago. Times were lean. On the farm, there was no electricity, telephone or radio; farm work was performed with horse and mule. Harvesting hay, threshing wheat and working in the cornfields contrasted with Huck Finn-type adventures floating down the river in a leaky homemade boat with playmates. Accidents on the farm called for frantic horseback rides for the only doctor in the nearby town. The author relates the happy times along with his sadness when events force him to leave the farm. His adult career in engineering and management positions in NASA's manned space programs, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle, contrasted sharply with his simple boyhood life.

About the Author

Leroy "Roy" Day grew up on a farm in rural Virginia during the Great Depression. He was the youngest of eight children. In the post-Lindbergh years he was, like many boys, intensely interested in airplanes. He served in the US Navy and graduated from Georgia Tech as an Aeronautical Engineer. His career included work on guided missiles and NASA's manned space programs, i.e., Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle. Roy holds advanced degrees from UCLA and MIT. He is an Episcopalian, a Republican, a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, a recipient of NASA's Distinguished Service Medal and listed in Who's Who in America. He and his wife, Mary, live in Rockville, Maryland. They have three grown children.

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