Letters from the Attic: Dusty Thoughts and Remembrances by Chuck Brown
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In *Letters from the Attic*, Chuck Brown, the grandson of Ben and Clara, presents these letters in their entirety. He complements each letter with his own essays, skillfully weaving them together into a rich tapestry of travelogue and history, all infused with a delightful sense of humor.
Letters from the Attic: Dusty Thoughts and Remembrances by Chuck Brown, paperback, 136 pages, copyright 2015.
In 1948 Clara Brown of Olivia, Minnesota, sailed from Montreal on a steamship bound for Europe. It was the trip of a lifetime, with the added highlight of a visit to Norway from whence her parents had enmigrated some sixty years earlier. Ben Brown, Clara’s husband of thirty-four years, remained at home, tending to the demands of business, thought he and Clara wrote often during the six weeks she was away. Their letters offer glimpses of Europe n the aftermath of World War II, as well as life in a Minnesota prairie town in 1948, but through them all they speak of two people very much in love and unaccustomed to long separation.
In Letters from the Attic, Chuck Brown, Ben and Clara’s grandson, reproduces those letters in their entirety. He then follows each letter with an essay of his own, weaving it all together in a tapestry of travelogue and history with rich veins of humor running throughout.
Chuck Brown is a corporate refugee who recently cleaned his attic. He lives with his wife, Pat, in Olivia, Minnesota.
Letters from the Attic: Dusty Thoughts and Remembrances by Chuck Brown
$20.00
In *Letters from the Attic*, Chuck Brown, the grandson of Ben and Clara, presents these letters in their entirety. He complements each letter with his own essays, skillfully weaving them together into a rich tapestry of travelogue and history, all infused with a delightful sense of humor.
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Letters from the Attic: Dusty Thoughts and Remembrances by Chuck Brown, paperback, 136 pages, copyright 2015.
In 1948 Clara Brown of Olivia, Minnesota, sailed from Montreal on a steamship bound for Europe. It was the trip of a lifetime, with the added highlight of a visit to Norway from whence her parents had enmigrated some sixty years earlier. Ben Brown, Clara’s husband of thirty-four years, remained at home, tending to the demands of business, thought he and Clara wrote often during the six weeks she was away. Their letters offer glimpses of Europe n the aftermath of World War II, as well as life in a Minnesota prairie town in 1948, but through them all they speak of two people very much in love and unaccustomed to long separation.
In Letters from the Attic, Chuck Brown, Ben and Clara’s grandson, reproduces those letters in their entirety. He then follows each letter with an essay of his own, weaving it all together in a tapestry of travelogue and history with rich veins of humor running throughout.
Chuck Brown is a corporate refugee who recently cleaned his attic. He lives with his wife, Pat, in Olivia, Minnesota.
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