02769cam a2200313 4500 533430398 TxGeo 20210918120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781475938012 1475938012 7a506ab5-d1ba-4783-a28a-41a3c9af4904 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1015516 OverDrive (Product ID) TxGeo Spooner, C.W. Children of Vallejo [Libby] : Collected Stories of a Lifetime. iUniverse, 2012. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 369kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p>For nearly all of its existence, Vallejo was a blue collar, lunch pail city where the destinies of the town and its shipyard were inextricably linked. In his first collection of short stories, C.W. Spooner tracks the lives of a handful of characters as they grow from childhood to adolescence and beyond in a hard place where everyone fought to keep what was theirs and children created their own adventures.</p> <p>Spooner begins with the tale of Nicholas, a terrified four-year-old who is ready to start his first day of nursery school. Nicholas knows he must adhere to his father's advice to always be a good sailor, but when the first day does not go as planned, Nicholas discovers the true meaning of friendship. Fourteen-year-old Nick's dog, George, has gone AWOL. But just when he is ready to give up, hope arrives. When Carol's past shows up at her door with wild hair and a Walt Whitman beard, she is thrilled. His war is finally ending, but it is the gift he leaves with her that finally gives her peace.</p> <p>This compilation of short tales shares a compelling glimpse into what it was like to grow up in a shipyard town during an uncertain time when no one took life for granted.</p> <p>"These stories ... will touch your life no matter where you are from."</p> <p>—Thomas R. Campbell, author of Badass: The Harley-Davidson Experience</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-16 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2365-1/7A5/06A/B5/ChildrenofVallejo9781475938012.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7A506AB5-D1BA-4783-A28A-41A3C9AF4904&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2365-1/7A5/06A/B5/ChildrenofVallejo9781475938012.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7A506AB5-D1BA-4783-A28A-41A3C9AF4904&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) QS5