Robbie Prather Bücher

This book came to life after a series of intensive interviews over time with a great number of people who lived through the Great Depression and remembered favorite phrases that they had often used, and others that had often heard. Both were remembered with great delight. Further probing often brought other long forgotten phrases to the surface, with additional delight to both sides of the interviews. The results produced this Journal that depicts a time when conversation was Paramount and greatly valued. Often conversation was the only source of news and communication, as well as an important source of entertainment that all could share. Consequently talk lived a 'life of it's own' with these wonderful and expressive sayings ever present. We have authenticated them all, and present them here, warts and all. You may not want to leave the book on the coffee table for out of town relatives to browse.

The independent reviews of the book are all good or excellent so far since Jan 14 to June 18, 2009. The readers and reviewers really liked it a lot. The first 40 pages are stories about my life growing to manhood. It was a very exciting one and written in a fun way. Then I tell about my experiences with politics, service, Abbie Hoffman and the civic groups, James Hoffa, plus a myriad of others who you probably heard of yourself. Every word in this book is true and I have over 2,000 newspaper clippings and pictures to back that up. Even the Second world war was written up less in the local papers and including the Phila. Inquirer and New York Times papers. The clippings are mostly from the mid 1970's and 1980's, when I was leading Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Pa. to develop a safer system of Public Drinking Water than the contaminated water we were getting from Philadelphia. This became a very controversial project with 100's of protestors at the pump site daily for over 10 years. Politicians pro and con became involved and many people went to jail. You will learn important info about your own water no matter where you live in this nation. Are we dying off younger because of our water? I think so! The book is interesting and enjoyable to read and you will learn a lot that you didn't know. This is enjoyable reading at its best. To see more about this book, including the inside cover, go to www.raflowers.com .