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Blurb Creative Publishing Service, 2010. Soft cover. Fine or Better. 181 pages, considerable black & white illustration. This book of family memories celebrates the subject's 85 years of life and his pioneering Kansas family. There is no creasing on the spine. Book itself is clean, tight and bright with no apparent underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no folded or dogeared pages, no stains, no smudges, no odors. A very nice copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

ABOUT THE BOOK: Born in 1924, Clyde Owen Martin grew up in a Kansas farm family, then worked in all aspects of the oil field from roughneck to driller to production manager. This book of family memories celebrates his 85 years of life and his pioneering Kansas family. Clyde died in 2012.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Clyde's wife, GAIL LEE MARTIN (1924 - 2013), researched and wrote most of the family history and profiles in this book. Some were published in Kanhistique magazine and in Prairie Schooner Genealogy magazine. She published an earlier book about her life, called MY FLINT HILLS CHILDHOOD: GROWING UP IN 1930S KANSAS. Other examples of her writing can be found on the Our Echo and ehow websites. She served as the assistant webmaster for the Our Echo website. For ten years, she was the state archivist for the Kansas Authors Club.
VIRGINIA ALLAIN (1948 - ), Clyde's second daughter, wrote three of the sections for this book. She compiled and designed this book and her mother's other book, MY FLINT HILLS… Read More