Free ebook about rural Illinois tomorrow on Amazon

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I have a friend who is an author, and tomorrow (January 11th) her newest book is going to be free on Amazon. It is a biography of her early years growing up in rural Illinois during the Great Depression. She lived on a farm with no electricity, no plumbing, and walked 2 miles every day to a one room schoolhouse.

I'm about 15 years younger than she is, but I can remember the feel of that cold chamber pot on an early winter morning!

I really enjoyed it, and if you are interested you can download it for free and read it on your pc with the free kindle pc ebook reader from amazon

It is called The Book of Ruth by Ruth St. John Thomas.

The Book of Ruth: Ruth St. John Thomas: Amazon.com: Books

I just thought it was something some of you might enjoy.

Sharon
 
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That's cool! My youngest daughter lives there, and I've got relatives in the area. Going to have to read the whole thing! Thanks for the heads up!
 
My family is there. Moms family had a farm in rual Illinois and I have heard the stories first hand. Going to try and remember to get the book tomorrow. What town/area is t based around?
 
She lived in Coles County and Cumberland County. Nearest towns seem to have been Cottonwood, Farmington and Charleston (county seat of Coles county). My husband's family comes from the quad cities area. (Moline, East Moline, Bettendorf, Davenport and Rock Island, I think). If it is after midnight there it may already be available for free.

Sharon

JLewis said:
My family is there. Moms family had a farm in rual Illinois and I have heard the stories first hand. Going to try and remember to get the book tomorrow. What town/area is t based around?
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Thanks. My Father lives not far from Farmington now and he grew up in the Quad Cites. Mother was from the Kewanee area. Seems older I get smaller the world becomes, possibly because of these pound I keep putting on.
 
Sharon, thanks for posting this. I grew up on a farm in Iowa in the 50s and 60s, and in the 1970s traveled a territory for a farm equipment manufacturer that included the area described in this book. I have downloaded it and am enjoying it very much.

I also appreciate the legacy that the author is leaving her grandchild through writing this book.
 
hilltopper46 said:
Sharon, thanks for posting this. I grew up on a farm in Iowa in the 50s and 60s, and in the 1970s traveled a territory for a farm equipment manufacturer that included the area described in this book. I have downloaded it and am enjoying it very much.

I also appreciate the legacy that the author is leaving her grandchild through writing this book.
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I'm sure she would appreciate it if you would write a review for it on Amazon. She is a neat lady.

If you like it, you would probably like two of her other books too. They are fiction, set in the same era, about a boy and his twin sister who were adopted from the Orphan Trains after so many died in the flu epidemic and the cities sent out their orphans to foster on midwest farms.

The Rawliegh Man Told Me is the first one, available in hardback and paperback (I found it used for $4 on Barnes and Noble online.) The sequal is on Amazon as an ebook for 99 cents. It is The Red Headed Girl.

Sharon
 
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