June 14, 201115 yr Kathryn Tucker Windham was one of my favorite authors when I was a child. She wrote a great book 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey that dealt with the ghost that lived in her house with her. It was my first book that I remember that I read over and over and over again. She was a journalist and reporter. She lived to be 93. Farewell Ms Windham. May you rest in peace! http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/137155004/alabama-storyteller-kathryn-tucker-windham-dies
June 14, 201115 yr Speaking of childhood memories of books......... anyone here familiar with, Nancy Drew Kay Star - girl detective The Hardy Boys and need I mention - The Bobsy Twins.
June 14, 201115 yr Author I read EVERY Hardy Boys Mystery on the market. And, I also loved Nancy Drew.
June 14, 201115 yr Active Members Although I am not quite that old, I found a treasure trove of Tom Swift books in the attic of one of my realitives, probably my great uncles or grandparents, and was fascinated reading them. I must have been 10-12 years old and the thought of an electric rifle and all those other "inventions" really appealed to me. Best regards, RA1
June 14, 201115 yr Active Members The Hardy Boys were OK, but it was the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, books that tripped my trigger. All American Tom, snarky Roger Manning and the hunky man's man Astro. I did all sorts of odd jobs to scrape up the cash to buy the series (8 books, if I remember right).
June 15, 201115 yr Active Members Captain Horatio Hornblower series Read those fairly recently (A&E series with Ioan Gufford got be interested) then went on to the Patrick O'Brian novels--which I liked even more.
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