The Chattahoochee Boys eBook J Baker
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From swimming "nekkid" in Proctor Creek to lazy afternoon baseball games, giant snowballs in the street in winter and Trick NO Treat at Halloween, village childhood days in the 40's and 50's were days of freedom and friendship. The boys of Chattahoochee, Georgia, a cotton mill village near Atlanta, shared a growing-up life of funny scrapes, trouble, innocent escapades and adventures.
The Chattahoochee Boys eBook J Baker
This book was written by one of my husband's school mates. He loved it and it brought back a lot of memories for him. I personally enjoyed it, but being an import from Germany that grew up during and after WWII it was amusing and had a kind of Tom Sawyer in the 1940's and 50's character. I bought three copies, two to give away, and was pleased to see some of my husbands friends sitting on the title page. I would recommend it to anyone who grew up in the south. It is quite amusing and pretty close to reality (according to my husband). It was a time when the present grandparents lived a very different life than their children and grandchildren live now and would be a nice little present for the younger generation.Product details
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The Chattahoochee Boys eBook J Baker Reviews
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.......a gift of "grabbing" the reader immediately and sweeping us right along with him as he remembers his depression-era childhood in a neighborhood of close-knit Whittier Mill Villagers in Northwest Atlanta. He does this with the deft touch of a natural humorist, and laugh-out-loud memories of his escapades. He doesn't sugar-coat his family's lack of material possessions, but cheerfully shows us his early entrepreneurial spirit and boyish energy which resulted in a young life filled with hard work and irrepressible fun. I can hardly wait for his next book!
I spent the first seven years of my life living a few miles down the road in Bolton. Slater graduated with my brother from the same school as I did 5 years later. I checked my annual and yes he signed my book. My brother passed away several years ago but I am sure he would have loved reading this book as much as I did. Thanks Slater for this entertaining book.
I highly recommend this book. Slater has recreated his youth in a manner reminiscent of great authors. I felt that I was "living in the moment" with his descriptive terms of his recollections. It is one of those "I can't stop laughing while I'm reading". After reading "The Chattahoochee Boys" I realize as a female with no brothers and not being privileged to live in The Mill Village, I missed a lot of adventures in my youth. I think I recognized a lot of renamed individuals in this book, but my lips are sealed. Slater and I were classmates at Chattahoochee Elementary School and West Fulton High School. Hopefully, others will enjoy this delightful book.
In the last two months I've read Jeannette Walls' "The Glass Castle", Laurette Hannon's "Cracker Queen", Rodney Crowell's "Chinaberry Sidewalk" and Slater Baker's "The Chattahoochee Boys",all great stories of growing up in the deep south of the 40's,50's and 60's. But the one that stands out and is closest to my own growing up experience is Mr. Baker's "Chattahochee Boys".He has captured the wonderful innocence of those times and the ability for great entertainment with limited means. A wonderful and well thought out perspective. A must read for those of us who lived those days and for our children and grandchildren, who (unfortunatly) will never be able to live in that world. Raymond Spornberger
We really enjoyed reading The Chattahoochee Boys...we wrote a review b4 this part came up, but just in case, we repeat...Lee Pittman was also one of the Chattahoochee Boys...a few years older than Slater...also I went to school with Slater, my last name was King...Lee's mother, Sallie Pittman lived in one of the original houses on Butler Way until she passed away in 1998.
Most all of the people in the book were lifelong friends...
We really enjoyed reading 'The Chattahoochee Boys'.
Thanks, Slater
You don't have to live in Whittier Mill Village to fall in love with "The Chattahoochee Boys," a collection of stories about growing up in the Village. Slater Baker's stories are told through the eyes of a boy growing up in a working class household; he writes about the varied fabric of youth, with its michievous and kind-hearted ways. Each chapter stands alone and is so entertaining that one is tempted to fly right through the book. I recommend savoring each story though, and stretching the reading out. Mr. Baker ends each tale with a succinct, often humorous, observation to wrap it up.
This is a wonderful book! It will remind so many people of growing up when our world was simpler and we could concentrate on living in the moment. Some of the stories are hysterical and some contemplative - but they are all very enjoyable and paint vivid pictures of life in the Village. As Mr. Baker said in his introduction, Whittier Mill Village was a "live, work and play community."
Prior to 1952, when it was annexed by the City of Atlanta, Whittier Mill Village was known as Chattahoochee, Georgia. It is the location of the former Whittier Cotton Mill that originated in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Whittiers came down to the Atlanta area to expand their business in 1895. The houses in the Village were built by the company, in close proximity to the Mill as well as the Chattahoochee River. The Mill workers rented the homes, many of which were duplexes, and they walked to work.
Today the site of the former Cotton Mill is a 22-acre City of Atlanta Park. The brick office Tower and Carpenters' Shop are the only remaining parts of the Mill - both in varying stages of repair. The Village is on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of Atlanta's 13 designated Historic Districts. It remains a great place to live, work and play!
This book was written by one of my husband's school mates. He loved it and it brought back a lot of memories for him. I personally enjoyed it, but being an import from Germany that grew up during and after WWII it was amusing and had a kind of Tom Sawyer in the 1940's and 50's character. I bought three copies, two to give away, and was pleased to see some of my husbands friends sitting on the title page. I would recommend it to anyone who grew up in the south. It is quite amusing and pretty close to reality (according to my husband). It was a time when the present grandparents lived a very different life than their children and grandchildren live now and would be a nice little present for the younger generation.
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