English, Indiana: Memories of Main Street - Hardcover

Roberts, E. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253350328 ISBN 13: 9780253350329

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1991

Synopsis

After three disastrous floods, the citizens of English, Indiana decided in 1990 to move their town to higher ground. But they will not lose the old Main Street forever. E. C. Roberts has captured that unpaved thoroughfare, the other places and faces of English, and a way of life now vanished in these charming reminiscences of life in a midwestern town in the early days of this century.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book is based on the world of E.C. Roberts youth. It is a kinder, gentler America, and also in some ways tougher, more sentimental, more open to experience, more authentic and personal-in short, the world of Mark Twain. In this book, Mr. Roberts gives us more than fifty wonderful 'stories' of the good old days.

From Library Journal:

On June 7, 1990 the business district and major residential area of English, Indiana were covered by flood waters from the Little Blue River for the third time in recent history. To avert similar disasters in the future, the city has applied for and received federal aid to assist in moving the town to higher ground. Reminiscences of a long-time resident pay homage to the town that was and provide a pleasant social history of English and its citizens spanning almost 80 years. Barnstormers, medicine shows, county fairs, the first automobile in town, and many other phenomena of a bygone era are chronicled in these little stories, many of which read as though they were lifted right out of the local newspaper. Of limited, local appeal.
- Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale Lib.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0253350328
• ISBN 13: 9780253350329
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160