{"product_id":"lois-children-recollections-of-growing-geoff-bate-9781412017763","title":"Lois' Children, Recollections of Growing Up in the Kettle Valley in the 1940's","description":"\u003cp\u003e Set in beautiful rural Kettle Valley, this book consists of 25 short stories, (136 pages) of the life of a young male growing up in the southern interior of British Columbia in the 1940s. The book starts with the story \"Wonders of Winter\" which was a first prize winner on the CBC Radia \"Afternoon Show\". The stories follow the cycle of all four seasons ending with a description of Christmas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author and his 3 younger brothers and a sister are being raised on a cattle ranch\/mixed farmning operation, prior to the use of tractors. All the farming was done using horses. There were no paved roads, the one room school was three miles away and the primary means of transprotation out of the area was by the Kettle Valley Railway. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Interspersed with stories associated with work and play, school and chores is a story associated the emigration of Japanese people forced to move from Coastal BC. Additional stories trace the lives of wildlife such as owls, cougars and beavers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The book is of sufficient interest to Kathryn Gretsinger, host of the CBC's \"Afternoon Show\" that she has provided an introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is a book which will provide useful historical information for today's 9 to 14 age group, a reminder of life in the 1940s for those over 60 and entertainment for the ages in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoff Bate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1412017769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412017763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trafford Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geoff Bate","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439000465663,"sku":"9781412017763","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_384b88db-42a9-42f3-ac4b-c06773549d03.jpg?v=1777174752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lois-children-recollections-of-growing-geoff-bate-9781412017763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}