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Growing Up True : Lessons from a Western Boyhood.
In Growing Up True, Craig Barnes shares his stories of growing up in rural Colorado during and after World War II. As the youngest of three boys, and an imaginative one at that, he dreamed of many a swashbuckling adventure far beyond Colorado's Highline Canal. But the lessons and demands of rea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fulcrum Pub.,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Growing Up True, Craig Barnes shares his stories of growing up in rural Colorado during and after World War II. As the youngest of three boys, and an imaginative one at that, he dreamed of many a swashbuckling adventure far beyond Colorado's Highline Canal. But the lessons and demands of real life always nipped at the edges of his fantastic dreams. Barnes's mother told him that he would develop moral character if he would carry water to her maple saplings. His father held that a small person " ... should learn to plan ahead, think a problem through, be lighthearted, cheerful, ready to h. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781555917890 1555917895 |