Author: GREEN, BOB
Title: Eavesdroppings Stories from Small Towns When Sin Was Fun
Description: Toronto: Dundurn, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1550026291. Signed by Author; Only slight wear to card covers; Signed by the author on the front fly leaf. A bright, solid book.; 8.82 X 5.98 X 0.55 inches; 200 pages; "Eavesdroppings recounts life in the small towns of Ontario before sin arrived on the Internet - a time when churches were never locked and parents, not wishing to be disturbed while they listened to the radio, shooed their children out to play in the dark, unguarded streets without fear. Here you'll find comedy, outrage, and tragedy but no disguise. Included are actual events and the names of all persons involved.The author tracks the quaint immorality of smalltown sin in the 1930s and its evolution from full-frontal bingo in the churches to the current degeneracy of nude women wrestling men in vats of Jell-O in licensed nightclubs, but he never moralizes. Indeed, he provides no uplifting messages at all - just gossip, which, as Oscar Wilde said, "is what history is all about and more fun.". Near Fine .
Keywords: 1550026291 Ontario Small town life sin History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs
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Title: Eavesdroppings Stories from Small Towns When Sin Was Fun
Description: Toronto: Dundurn, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1550026291. Signed by Author; Only slight wear to card covers; Signed by the author on the front fly leaf. A bright, solid book.; 8.82 X 5.98 X 0.55 inches; 200 pages; "Eavesdroppings recounts life in the small towns of Ontario before sin arrived on the Internet - a time when churches were never locked and parents, not wishing to be disturbed while they listened to the radio, shooed their children out to play in the dark, unguarded streets without fear. Here you'll find comedy, outrage, and tragedy but no disguise. Included are actual events and the names of all persons involved.The author tracks the quaint immorality of smalltown sin in the 1930s and its evolution from full-frontal bingo in the churches to the current degeneracy of nude women wrestling men in vats of Jell-O in licensed nightclubs, but he never moralizes. Indeed, he provides no uplifting messages at all - just gossip, which, as Oscar Wilde said, "is what history is all about and more fun.". Near Fine .
Keywords: 1550026291 Ontario Small town life sin History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs
Price: US$ 17.50 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 16790
- Book number: 16790
See more books from our catalog: Canadiana::Ontario