Osage Stories: Memories of a Small Midwestern Town - Softcover

Prochaska, Jerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500795070 ISBN 13: 9781500795078

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The Great Depression was cruel to small Iowa towns, and doubly cruel to an Osage widow with four small children. Her youngest child guides us in and around the town, noting with side-glances in windows and open doors the important events in the lives of the town's people, and the challenges he faces in a poverty-stricken home. With pitch-perfect ears for Midwestern dialog, his stories are wry, funny, sad and poignant- but never nostalgic or sentimental. If a small town could write a memoir, this would be it!

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About the Author

A corn-fed son of the Hawkeye state, Jerry fled his home state-like so many others- seeking adventure and greener pastures, only to realize late in life that he had never really left it. A world traveler, with several successful careers, he has always taken comfort from writing. With accumulating years, he recognized the need to reflect on the hard, formative years as a child in Depression-era Iowa. He has only begun to work the fertile soil of his home state, and other books, plays, and poems are sure to follow.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500795070
• ISBN 13: 9781500795078
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 250