Katy's Shawl

by Walt Wood

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074140401X
• ISBN13: 9780741404015
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Infinity Publishing
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Katy's Shawl

Walter's book is captivating. From the moment I picked it up I could not put it down. Accounts of marriages, births, deaths, as well as honest descriptopns of the life of an American family from the early frontier days to the great modern days kept me on the edge of my seat wanting to know what was next. I shared the life they lived, smelled the food they ate, and felt the pain they suffered. Katy's Shawl is a vivid description of frontier life that helps us appreciate our comfortable life today. As an immigrant I did not experience life growing up in America and did not feel a connection to its history. I feel like I now understand the struggles and challenges that the people here endured and how those experiences shaped their values and beliefs. I have gained a new respect for this country by reading Katy's Shawl and am proud to be a citizen.

KATY'S SHAWL, a great book by Walter Wood

My assessment of "Katy's Shawl" might be considered effusive -- once started, it can hardly be put down. It has appeal to all age groups -- fascinatingly so! Historically factual, yet exciting, "Katy's Shawl" has the reader living the stories as they unfold. As a husband and family man, I find it appealing to men as well as women and I highly recommend it to one and all.

KATY'S SHAWL, a wonderful book by Walter Wood!

Walter Wood has recorded a poignant saga of many generations of an American family from the time of the inception of our nation to the present. This is a tale of strong women. These women held the fabric of life together during disaster, disease, childbirth, civil war and a devastating national depression. The colorful story is knit together with the strands of yarn in a remarkable shawl, that moves from the hands of mother to daughter-in-law, many times over, and then to a daughter. Begun as a simple memorial to Katy's four lost children, the shawl becomes a mantle of strength and a codex for the long succession of valiant women in the George family. I loved this book! Not only is KATY'S SHAWL a "good read", any woman can relate to it on some level, for who among us has not some "memories lock'd" within us? Walter Wood does an excellent job of bringing to life the historical account of his family, and creating a fitting memorial to his own mother.