{"product_id":"9781475910094","title":"Walking the Rails: My Childhood in Whitehall","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Ethel Erickson Radmer, a child of the 1930s, life in Wisconsin was an adventure filled with imagination, fun, and curiosity. Hers was a simple life, without computers and cell phones. It was a time when people in a small town dropped in on each other to visit and paid their bills in person. It was a time when folks honored courtesy and neighborly affection. If you knew someone was in the hospital, you brought them flowers—from your own garden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthel grew up in a railroad town that bustled with supplies and troops for World War II. To a small girl from a small town, a Green Bay \u0026amp; Western Railroad passenger car represented nothing short of freedom. But Ethel found joy in the simple things—a playground for roller skating … a golf course made just for picnics and sled-ding (and swinging clubs) … nearby farmland and barns to explore … and a meandering river to quiet her heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt was a simpler time, but Ethel Erickson Radmer was no simple girl. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWalking the Rails\u003c\/i\u003e is everything a good memoir should be—generously detailed, disarmingly frank, and emotionally moving. With wit, irony, and generosity of spirit, Ethel Radmer has woven a heartwarming and lush tapestry of growing up in a loving American family during the difficult days of the Great Depression, World War II, and its aftermath.”\u003cbr\u003e —Dave Wood, past vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle, former book review editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and memoirist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176888385776,"sku":"9781475910094","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781475910094_p0.jpg?v=1763606541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781475910094","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}