My Blendville

My Blendville is a trip to a magical place. It was a very real neighborhood 75 years ago, but now it lives on in the memory of a little boy who grew up there.
For those who had similar experiences in the 1940s and 1950s it will be a fun reminder of the good, the bad, the ugly, and the sexy.
People born later might be amazed at the antics of free ranging children back when there were fewer people, more animals, and no air-conditioning or home insulation to muffle the sounds of whatever was going on in the vicinity.
Harry Gossett and his sister Annie are the central characters in this memoir. They encouraged one another as playmates, inventors, urban farmers, entrepreneurs, and writers, all before they started high school.
The gender relations, child rearing, and schooling they experienced will seem medieval to 21st century readers, but those draconian measures only enhanced the joy of accomplishment for the kids who somehow survived playing in abandoned mines, vacant houses, and empty barns, while keeping most of their activities secret from grownups.