Description
"Memories": From the life of Ellen Laman Hood By Ellen Laman Hood [1987] signed and inscribed first edition, W.O. Kirker (Cold Spring, Kentucky), 8 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches tall brown faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, [14], 478, [4] pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with slight bumping to the lower edge of the front cover, and both the upper and lower edges of the rear cover. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author on the half title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce memoir and family history. The memoirs of Ellen Laman Hood (1900-1995), 'as recounted to her son Bill and his wife Barbara during a 1984 journey to visit all her previous homesites.' Contents: Coal Valley, Illinois, 1900-1904 Braddock, North Dakota, 1904-1909 Walnut Valley, Kansas, 1909-1911 Fulton, Kansas, 1911-1914 Grand Haven, Michigan: The Laman Family Relations Tustin, Michigan, 1914-1916 McBain, Michigan, 1916-1926 Alma, Michigan, 1916-1923 Grand Ledge, Michigan, 1923-1926 Detroit, Michigan, 1926-1931 Marlette, Michigan Snover, Michigan, 1931-1936 Sandusky, Michigan, 1936-1953 Lexington, Michigan, 1940-1941 Mount Clemens, Michigan, 1953-1954 Dexter, Michigan, 1954-1955 Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1955-1984
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