Author: E. Ted Gladue
Publisher: Commonwealth Books
ISBN: 9781892986191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A story of a boy whose first consciousness of childhood was not about love and family, but about abusive authority at home, school, and neighborhood bullies, all dominated by a huge granite Catholic church and school run by abusive barely educated nuns. His parents were good people who lived through the Great Depression, who believed their main duty was housing, feeding, and educating. The unknown poet inside him never had a chance of liberation; for when day-dreaming and glancing out the window at birds and nature the nun would smack him on the head with her hand or a wooden ruler, declaring that "idleness is the Devil's workshop," telling his mother he was the dumbest kid she ever taught, with the humiliation of spending two years in her fourth grade class. The nearby forest and streams offered the only refuge, their mysterious environments giving the young boy his first immersion into nature. But Green Valley Road also produced sport heroes, one of whom taught him to build his body and how to fist-fight the bullies in the rough neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.
Green Valley Road
Author: E. Ted Gladue
Publisher: Commonwealth Books
ISBN: 9781892986191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A story of a boy whose first consciousness of childhood was not about love and family, but about abusive authority at home, school, and neighborhood bullies, all dominated by a huge granite Catholic church and school run by abusive barely educated nuns. His parents were good people who lived through the Great Depression, who believed their main duty was housing, feeding, and educating. The unknown poet inside him never had a chance of liberation; for when day-dreaming and glancing out the window at birds and nature the nun would smack him on the head with her hand or a wooden ruler, declaring that "idleness is the Devil's workshop," telling his mother he was the dumbest kid she ever taught, with the humiliation of spending two years in her fourth grade class. The nearby forest and streams offered the only refuge, their mysterious environments giving the young boy his first immersion into nature. But Green Valley Road also produced sport heroes, one of whom taught him to build his body and how to fist-fight the bullies in the rough neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.
Publisher: Commonwealth Books
ISBN: 9781892986191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A story of a boy whose first consciousness of childhood was not about love and family, but about abusive authority at home, school, and neighborhood bullies, all dominated by a huge granite Catholic church and school run by abusive barely educated nuns. His parents were good people who lived through the Great Depression, who believed their main duty was housing, feeding, and educating. The unknown poet inside him never had a chance of liberation; for when day-dreaming and glancing out the window at birds and nature the nun would smack him on the head with her hand or a wooden ruler, declaring that "idleness is the Devil's workshop," telling his mother he was the dumbest kid she ever taught, with the humiliation of spending two years in her fourth grade class. The nearby forest and streams offered the only refuge, their mysterious environments giving the young boy his first immersion into nature. But Green Valley Road also produced sport heroes, one of whom taught him to build his body and how to fist-fight the bullies in the rough neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.
Assembly Bill
Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
San Bernardino National Forest (N.F.) Camp Little Green Valley- American Sports Kids Association, Arrowhead Ranger District
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Senate Bill
Author: California. Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1646
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1646
Book Description
Journal of the Senate, Legislature of the State of California
Author: California. Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
The Journal of the Assembly During the ... Session of the Legislature of the State of California
Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Washington's Best Fishing Waters
Author: Wilderness Adventures Press
Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press
ISBN: 9781932098525
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press
ISBN: 9781932098525
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Journal of the Assembly, Legislature of the State of California
Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1862
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1862
Book Description
Biennial Report - Highway Commission
Author: Wisconsin. State Highway Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Senate Bills, Original and Amended
Author: California. Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
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