With fond reminiscences and nostalgic cartoons, Bob Artley takes readers back to his little country schoolhouse, Marion No. 7, in Iowa's Franklin County. Readers will share farm boy Artley's first-day agonies, the long walks to and from school, the school yard games, the Christmas program, and the annual picnic all recalled with his characteristic humor and insight. Everything that Artley experienced from the smell of scorched mittens left too long on the stove to dry to the excitement of performing in the school program is recalled here with delightful details, providing life lessons and delightful, warm memories. Artley is considered one of the country's foremost recorders of farm history. His wonderful artwork and stories reflect his sense of country nostalgia and farm heritage and speak to anyone with a farming background and to those who yearn for simpler times.         

Bob Artley's Country School Days: From The Memories Of A Former Kid

Artley, Bob

Atrley, Bob

Biographies & Memoirs

Voyageur Pr

These are tales of Christmas past as only artist and "former kid" Bob Artley can paint them. With fond reminiscences and nostalgic full-color cartoons-and characteristic humor and insight-Bob takes us back to his life on the farm during the holidays. The true spirit of the holiday returns in fond, old-fashioned style with these charming watercolors. Bob takes us to a long-ago Christmas down on the farm, where we join the family at Grandma's house, celebrate the season at the country school pageant, shop for presents in a country general store, and learn the secrets of Dad's workshop. His reminiscences amount to a Christmas card of goodwill, sharing his warmest memories-and making our own Christmas past, present, and future what we most dearly wish for.

Bob Artley's Country Christmas: As Remembered by a Former Kid

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Voyageur Press

Cartoons II: From the Newspaper Series Memories of a Former Kid

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Iowa State Pr

A collection of cartoons depicting the daily lives of young boys on a farm throughtout spring, summer, autumn, and winter

Cartoons from the Newspaper Series Memories of a Former Kid

Book of Chores: As Remembered by a Former Kid

Reveals the humorous and touching memories of life through the seasons on a farm in Iowa during the 1920s and 1930s

Memories of a Former Kid

History

Egner, Floyd E.

Americas

A delightful remembrance of childhood in a country school. Contains Artley's ( Memoirs of a former kid ) charming drawings. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

A Country School: Marion No. 7

A tribute to the author's wife, Ginny, recounts the joys and sorrows of a loving marriage and the pain and confusion of Ginny's mental decline and eventual death from Alzheimer's disease

Ginny: A Love Remembered

Wiley/Blackwell

This is a collection of illustrations and descriptions of "the little things" that were so important in farm life years ago - for example, sleigh bells, lunch buckets, chicken hooks and even, the privy. The book is divided into fall, winter, spring and summer sections.

More Country Things - Selected From the Newspaper Series

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Describes how Christmas was celebrated on an Iowa farm in the early twentieth century, including family gatherings, a school program, shopping in a country store, and making home-made toys

Country Christmas: As Remembered by a Former Kid

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