Earlier this week we reviewed Jim Chamber’s book, Recollections: A Baby Boomer’s Memories of the Fabulous Fifties.
Jim was so thankful for the review he gave the LLBR more copies of his book!
Since it is the time to be thankful, we’re going to give our readers a chance to win a copy of this outstanding book that looks back at history and at one man’s memories of the 1950s.
To enter, just post either your favorite memory (historical or personal and from any decade) as a comment to this post, or tell us something you are thankful for!
On November 30th, we here at LLBR will pick two posts, and each of those people will win one copy of Jim’s book!
Two books! Two chances to win! Feel free to post multiple times if you have lots you’d like to share, and feel free to post both the memories and things you are thankful for!
And thank you Jim for your thoughtfulness and for writing such a outstanding book!
So, tell us your memories! Or tell us what you are thankful for! Two chances to win! The winners will be announced on November 30th! U.S. Residents Only!
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I remember Jim well and the great times we had first at Forest Hills elementary school, later at Avondale High, and then at Ga Tech. Jim was quite a gourmet chef back then. I never will forget seeing him eat spaghetti sandwiches for lunch. The 50′s and 60′s were great times and Jim was a special friend.
I’m thankful that there is such a thing as a Kindle. When I remember my childhood, I remember things like milking cows and plucking chickens. I wonder if Mr. Chamber’s ever had to pluck a chicken?
Maria
That should be, “I wonder if Mr. Chambers ever had to pluck a chicken.”
Most everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard that John Kennedy had been shot. I have a unique memory related to Bobby Kennedy. After he was shot, he was transported by train to his family home in Massachusetts. I was having my Sweet 16 party in a restaurant in New York City – right above the place where the railroad tracks ran through the City. As they brought my cake in for the celebration – we felt the rumble of his train passing by. A bittersweet moment in1968….
WINNER!
I hope this takes. I’m thankful that our family will be together for Thanksgiving and a week later we’ll get to see our extended family. That’s not something we’re usually able to do this time of year.
I remember peeling onions for Thanksgiving dinner. Also cooking and shelling chestnuts for the stuffing. The whole family would be. around the table My grandmother was there in spirit even though she died when I was 12. These memories are precious as none of these people are in my life anymore.
One of my favorite memories is just a fragment. My older brother (who along with our other sibling tortured me on a daily basis in an ‘older brother’ and not bamboo-shoots-under-the-fingernails way) took me out to fly a new kite I had just gotten. He brought a bag of sweets, a pink dissolvable lozenge with the taste of wintergreen. All I really remember of that day is a very green hill, the taste of those candies and the memorable fact that he had taken me out there to have fun.
I am thankful that though while growing up, my two older brothers were giant loobyheads I still get to talk to them at least on a weekly basis.
WINNER!
Hi, I’m Jim Chambers, the author of “Recollections.” Thanks to everyone for responding!
Two comments:
1. Larry, your Alzheimer’s is worse than mine! I went to Knollwood Elementary, not Forest Hills.
2. Marsha, I remember very well the day that Robert Kennedy’s body was taken by train from NYC to DC. It was June 8, 1968, the day I graduated from Georgia Tech. After the graduation ceremony, I went home with my parents and we watched the train trip on TV.
Jim, congratulations on your book making it out into the world and being well reviewed. Thanks for your kind words on Kindleboards and elsewhere.
As for a memory, I remember the birth of my son–so wet and slippery, so fast and amazing. He’s now 22. I’m thankful!
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