{"product_id":"life-before-eighty-arvid-b-erickson-9781475931969","title":"Life Before Eighty: Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Erickson kids will have the distinct, special, and exclusive pleasure of knowing their father as few other children know theirs. And they'll be the richer for it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOh, that Arvid Erickson could really write! He had the soul of a poet and a very big heart. As he moves from decade to decade his love for his wife and all those kids who came one after another comes shining through. Very touching is the chapter in which he tells how difficult it was, as the town telegrapher to bear the news of soldiers' deaths during World War II to heartsick parents. One that touched me was Raymond Langworthy's response when Erickson told him the news of his son's death...His response? \"Damn that Roosevelt!\" Others just wept. And Erickson became the dreaded messenger of death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs for the businessmen and civic leaders in town, Arvid B. Erickson does not suffer fools gladly (there were plenty to go around) and says what he figures needs to be said.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommenting of Woodrow Wilson's role in plunging us into war in 1917, Erickson writes: Destiny can be seen at times how we will. Men, being short-sighted, can see no farther than his generation, but actions and their peoples are only pawns in the hands of Destiny, moving and manipulating them as a great chess player does.\" Pretty good for a depot agent, don't you think?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDave Wood - Former Vice President of National Book Critics Circle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arvid B. Erickson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475931964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475931969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/09\/2012","brand":"Arvid B. Erickson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065852195071,"sku":"9781475931969","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8711be4c-fe3b-455a-aad3-1bee5f6669b2.jpg?v=1685403874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-before-eighty-arvid-b-erickson-9781475931969","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}