Railwayman's Son: A Plains Family Memoir

by Hugh Hawkins

Book Overview

Hugh Hawkins was seven years old when his father's job with the Rock Island Railroad forced his family to relocate to far western Kansas. Before he turned twelve the family had lived in three "Rock Island towns" Herington, Kansas; Goodland, Kansas; and finally El Reno, Oklahoma. Such was the life of a railwayman's son during the Great Depression. In this warm and thoughtful memoir, Hawkins paints a portrait of a middle-class family's traditions and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089672557X
• ISBN13: 9780896725577
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"