{"product_id":"telling-it-the-way-it-david-jussero-9781462066674","title":"Telling It the Way It Was: A Country Boy Survives Life in the City","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes witty and sometimes serious, \u003ci\u003eTelling It the Way It Was\u003c\/i\u003e provides a narrative of what life was like for the hardy and pragmatic immigrant settlers of the US breadbasket. In this memoir, author David Jussero presents a nostalgic tour of life in a predominately Finnish farm community in North Dakota from the turn of the century through the 1940s and '50s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelling It the Way It Was\u003c\/i\u003e relays stories about the hardships and successes of Jussero's Finnish and French ancestors who faced the demands of settling a new country by living in sod houses and braving bitter winters on the North American prairies. He tells about the \u003ci\u003emixed marriage\u003c\/i\u003e of his French mother who immigrated to the United States to marry his dad, her Finnish sweetheart. Jussero also describes his own experiences growing up on a small wheat farm in North Dakota, attending school at one-room schoolhouses, dropping out of school at age sixteen, and doing dead-end farm jobs, which spurred him into trading the life of a hired farmhand for city life. When he was still in his teens, he made his way to the West Coast to seek his fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough photographs and stories from the past, Jussero passes along his heritage and paints a vivid picture of the sturdy and rugged people who preceded him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Jussero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462066674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462066674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"David Jussero","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202295546111,"sku":"9781462066674","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6fd49e6d-86ca-4696-8d5d-06a40e5fb453.jpg?v=1756820180","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/telling-it-the-way-it-david-jussero-9781462066674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}