What is this book about?
An Insider’s View of the Entire 20th Century
Take A REAL Walk Down Memory Lane
with the book called
Grandfather, Tell Me More
The provocatively vivid and detailed stream-of-consciousness approach, presented by Leo VanMeer (born in 1907),
transports the reader back to daily living in the early 20th century. Once you have finished reading this book,
you will feel like you actually lived during that era; and your perspective of life in general, and of those who
lived then, will be forever altered.
VanMeer's reminiscences, filled with historic facts combined with homespun early-twentieth-century colloquialisms,
anecdotes, and humor, will change your opinions and perceptions of the early 20th century. When you see a movie
or read a book that takes place during that era, you will notice and appreciate details that were simply a background
blur before reading this book. When you are around senior citizens who lived in the early 1900s, you will have
a better understanding of their viewpoints. American history textbooks and novels will now have more meaning.
History isn't just an avalanche of dates to be memorized. It isn't just wars and politics and celebrities. Throughout
history, each person has lived his or her life one day at a time, just like we do now. Only the “view” was different.
In the early 20th century, cars were just being invented. Refrigeration, telephones, typewriters, airplanes, cameras,
and radios were all in their infancy. Automatic clothes washers and dryers, televisions, VCRs, computers, fax machines,
videocameras, and microwave ovens weren't even dreamed of when Leo VanMeer was a boy.
By the time you have finished reading Grandfather, Tell Me More, you will feel that you have actually lived
in the early 20th century, enjoying the simple pleasures, and thrilling to the new developments over the years.
This is an enjoyable trip down memory lane for those who lived during this time, and an eye-opening experience
for those who didn't. It's family fun at its best.
Pretend, for a moment, that it's January 1, 1900.
If, on that first New Year's Day of the 20th century, someone had written a prophetic narrative foretelling the
twentieth century and its amazing accomplishments, would anyone have believed the account?
Even farsighted individuals might have experienced difficulty imagining wagon-rutted roads transformed into a nationwide,
paved and numbered highway system, alive with millions of motor vehicles.
Who, at the time, would have believed that one day aircraft, weighing tons, would transport both freight and passengers
across oceans to other continents, or that computer-controlled rockets would carry astronauts to the moon and back?
Perhaps science fiction buffs might have accepted radio, television, a worldwide telephone system and countless
other innovations. However, it is extremely doubtful anyone, that long-ago New Year's Day, could have readily visualized
the emerging world today's senior citizens have been privileged to witness and experience.
While decades unfolded, the 20th century, donning seven league boots, produced an era more fabulous than the Wonderland
an inquisitive Alice explored, or even the imaginary Oz and all its trappings.
A Great GIFT for Oldsters, Youngsters, and Everyone in Between (Including
YOU!), for Every Occasion!
The book costs $12.50 postpaid, book rate. (Add $3 for Priority Mail.)
To order, click HERE.
To see the complete Table of Contents, click HERE.
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© 2001 Leo VanMeer
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