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100 1 $aMathias, Frank Furlong.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82031928
245 14 $aThe GI generation :$ba memoir /$cFrank F. Mathias.
260 $aLexington :$bUniversity Press of Kentucky,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axiii, 267 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Frank Mathias was born in Maysville, Kentucky (pop. 7000), in 1925 and grew up in nearby Carlisle (pop. 1500), where life in his small town was much like that in towns and villages all across America. He came of age in an era of total security; his parents never even had a key to their front door. Daily living was infused with gossip; no one had a secret, and everyone knew everyone else's business.
520 8 $aOutdoor life was a vital part of growing up, and teachers and mentors instilled a sense of right and wrong in young people. Raised during the Great Depression, Mathias became a member of a fighting force the likes of which the world had never known, a legion now called "The Greatest Generation." The GI Generation tells Mathias's story of growing up with the sweet whistle of the L&N train and the summer-kitchen smells of hot salt-rising bread and blackberry cobbler, which could instantly halt even the most rousing game of cowboys and Indians.
520 8 $aA vivid portrait of a bucolic pre-war boyhood, The GI Generation takes readers back to an era when boys rustled watermelons under the hot summer sun and young lovers danced to the sounds of farmhouse bands. Whether describing the unfortunate (but delicious) end of his brother's pet chicken, Don, or the ominous clouds of war, Mathias writes with humor, honesty, and compassion."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aMathias, Frank Furlong.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82031928
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140537
650 0 $aDepressions$y1929$zKentucky$zCarlisle.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113356
651 0 $aCarlisle (Ky.)$vBiography.
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