If any if you younger people who are following me are interested in the history of the country check out my book. I wrote it for my Pops, Ron Dockery. He loved our home town of Barrington, IL. When he died he had some memories on his computer and I got them. Unfortunately it wasnt much so I decided to add my memories growing up there. People from all ages would enjoy the book. Its about growing up in the Midwest but its not just about that.
The book spans from the 1940s to 1980s. There are song lyrics of popular songs in each decade. There are also some pages about prices of common things, like a car, at the time. You wont believe what a car cost in the 1950s.
The rest of the book is real experiences in our town. There are also descriptions of Chicagolans. For example, the gangster, Baby- Face Nelson was gunned down where the McDonalds is in town. Its a wild story but shows how things were during times when it was hard to find work.
By the time I was growing up things were beginning to change with the additon of video games but we still didnt have cell phones and computers were huge. We had 1 home computer from a company called Franklin. It didn't do much. I had to program it to make a calendar.
We still ate at rhe dinner table as a family and discussed our day.
Kids rode their bikes until the street lights came on. Sometimes we would play games like kick the can in my front yard. We lived sports and when it was time for chores there was no room for slackers.
The great part of my book is its free on kindle.
