Yesteryear's Child
Golden Days and Summer Nights
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"Yesteryear's Child" is a story of everyday life in a small Northern California town at the turn of the last century. From town to farm: the routines of cleaning and cooking, the realities of disease and its cures, celebrations and disappointments, the details of entertaining, clothing and childhood. This easy-to-read account of life before the First World War evokes the paradox of times past which seem so like our own while at the same time seeming so different. "Yesteryear's Child" is dedicated to capturing a gentle understanding and appreciation of our forefathers' world. It captures the charm of "Golden Days and Summer Nights".
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"Yesteryear's Child" brings to life a time and place in our collective American past. This is much more than one woman's story. Outdoor privies became indoor plumbing; horse-drawn carriages shared the dusty roads with the first automobiles; and the earliest telephone numbers were single digits. In the tradition of such personal memoirs as "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "I Remember Mama" this delightful tale will evoke memories in the old and wonder in the young.
About the Author
The Author: Richard Rohrbacher Richard Rohrbacher is a professor emeritus from the College of San Mateo where he taught Theatre Arts, Public Speaking, and English. He worked as an actor and/or director in the United States, Ireland, London, and Australia. He is a playwright, and his plays have been produced on the West Coast and in Australia. As an active member of the Columbia State Park Docent Association, he researched, wrote and produced their annual "Lamplighter's" Christmas celebration. His affiliations include Rotary International, the Tuolumne, Calaveras, and Butte County Historical and Geneology Associations, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A Stockton, California native, he is a third generation Californian. He is a 1952 graduate of the University of the Pacific where, in 1978, he was honored by being selected as an Alumni Fellow. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Fraternity, Washington State University chapter and has an earned M.A. and Ph.D. degree. Dr. Rohrbacher has completed two additional books since the original publication of "Yesteryear's Child". The works are autobiographical and relate Dr. Rohrbacher's impressions of growing up during the Great Depression of the 1930's and World War II.