{"product_id":"second-age-carl-a-franson-9780985510947","title":"Second Age: A Recall of Things Gone by and a Bit of Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSecond Age\u003c\/em\u003e, you're pulled into travel and adventure in the 1930's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author floated part way down the Mississippi during the Great Depression, with adventure, good times, and hard times along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then he worked as a bellboy on the President Coolidge, to cities and ports in the Far East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSecond Age\u003c\/em\u003e is simply written, and you live the author's adventures when he was a student and as a young man. He and a friend worked their way in a shanty boat part way down the Upper Mississippi. Then he traveled to San Francisco and to the Far East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He re-lived all this while he was writing about it when he was in his late 80's. He re-experienced places and felt how they were. He felt love, happiness, and fear, he knew smells and tastes all over again, and he felt sunlight, storms, cold and damp. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We often forget how to enjoy the simple necessities of life. \u003cem\u003eSecond Age\u003c\/em\u003e takes us to a time when eating oatmeal and raisins, having a warm place to be, hearing red-winged blackbirds calling, meeting new people, and seeing new places are enough to touch the heart, mind, and soul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There is a place in each of us that needs to know the importance of appreciating what you have in your life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author wrote in a warm and personal manner. His book evokes a time of simpler living and firm values. You experience a joy and a depth in what life has to offer and in what it has to teach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl A. Franson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0985510943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985510947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Art and Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2013\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 0.32d","brand":"Carl A. Franson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438074835199,"sku":"9780985510947","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a8d1911-abd3-455d-902b-620a6b78061a.jpg?v=1777168636","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/second-age-carl-a-franson-9780985510947","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}