{"product_id":"beas-books-growing-up-in-southern-wisconsin-in-the-1930s-to-2000-9798892217873","title":"Bea's Books: Growing Up In Southern Wisconsin In The 1930s to 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever...heard \"olly, olly oxen free\" on a shadowy twilight summer night?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeen the fox chasing the goose around the circle made in the snow?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erode on the merry-go-round at the county fair?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecracked hickory nuts, husked ground cherries, or shucked an ear of corn?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeaten pancakes with homemade syrup made from maple trees in the grove?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a Tuesday. The arrival of a new child, the fifth for Alfred and Josephine in the back bedroom of the farmhouse on Haney Ridge, Crawford County, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the parents hadn't chosen a name, old Doc Hayman wrote on the birth certificate \"Baby Girl\" Mullikin. For years, she was called \"Jo's baby girl\" by aunts, uncles, and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in this book were written as gifts to Bea's children. Independent of one another but related, the stories are arranged in five volumes that span Bea's childhood in the 1930s to her adult years in the early 2000s. They recount living a simple, frugal life with few resources but love on the family farm in southern Wisconsin, to the joys and struggles of raising seven children in the 1960s and 1970s, and her husband's illness and death. The stories are of a family over the long decades as lives changed so much. Every person's life story is both small and momentous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBea's upbeat, loving family viewpoint chronicles a rich family life and creative fun that are now more pertinent than ever for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories may revive your memories, and blank pages are included for you to add your own stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fulton Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798892217873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.01d","brand":"Beatrice Q. Keller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122326958261,"sku":"9798892217873","price":51.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3e73a690-c210-41ff-942b-3d32e6e79fdb.jpg?v=1766512565","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beas-books-growing-up-in-southern-wisconsin-in-the-1930s-to-2000-9798892217873","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}