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    My Nana Was A Free-Range Kid
    My Nana Was A Free-Range Kid
    My Nana Was A Free-Range Kid
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    My Nana Was A Free-Range Kid

    By Nancy Peek Youngdahl

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    My Nana was an Outrageously Mischievous kid. In the 1940s and '50s, children were allowed to run free, play outside, and use their imaginations-without parents constantly hovering over them and fearing for their safety. In her own small town in North Carolina-with very little traffic, and neighbors who actually knew each other-Nana was no exception to the free-range kid phenomenon. But as an outrageously mischievous child that was left to her own devices, she sure got into some amazing and hilarious adventures. It was a glorious time to be a child! Both of Nana's parents worked, so she and her brother were often unsupervised. They wreaked havoc most of the time, thus living an exciting childhood. Nana's stories-told to her great-grandchildren-are all true. She relates how her family and neighbors survived in spite of her and is quick to let her great-grandchildren know what not to do. As she says, if she had lived as a child today, she'd probably be locked up in a juvenile home!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOutskirts Press
    Release dateJun 26, 2018
    ISBN9781977200969
    My Nana Was A Free-Range Kid
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    Nancy Peek Youngdahl

    Nancy Peek Youngdahl is an artist, crafter of jewelry, a soapmaker, writer, and avid golfer. She loves to travel with her husband, Skip, and between them, they have six adult children, fourteen grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Nancy has been a schoolboard chairman and an art teacher, and she has a passion for genealogy, tracing her ancestors back thirteen generations to the late 1600s when they lived in Virginia. "My Nana Was A Free-Range Kid" is her second book; the first is an autobiography of Nancy's family history.

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