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Today, Sunnyvale is "The Heart of the Silicon Valley," booming center of a booming industry. In the 1930s, it was a sleepy town surrounded by orchards, its rapid growth of earlier decades depressed by the economic woes sweeping the country. Middle-class families adapted because they had to. Fathers grew vegetables and kept chickens in the back yard. Mothers made their daughter's dresses from feed sacks and worked seasonally at fruit processing. Families couldn't always afford to buy a Christmas tree. There was no money to keep a car. World War II brought greater prosperity, but shortages kept life simple and teenagers were glad to join their mothers in sizing fruit or working summers in one of the big local canneries. Kids walked, rode their bikes, or roller skated everywhere. a big night out was going to the movies or the roller rink with girls you'd known since first grade. In this heartfelt memoir, Elsie McCain White, daughter of the concrete contractor who installed many of the town's sidewalks, recalls what it was like to grow up in that time and place when fruit ruled the economy and a girl's friends and family mattered most of all. 19,025 words. Family album with 29 photographs.
About the Author: Elsie McCain White was born and grew up in Sunnyvale, California, daughter of a well-known local businessman. After her marriage, she moved across several states with her husband John and their children, of whom there were ultimately six. Elsie also worked in manufacturing quality control and did significant amounts of volunteer work. She now lives in Coolidge AZ and has thirteen grandchildren and twenty-three grandchildren. California Girl is her first book.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780692431047
  • Publisher: Better Times Press
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 190 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0692431047
  • Publisher Date: 26 Jun 2015
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 98
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Growing Up in the Great Depression
  • Width: 152 mm

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