ALL ABOUT VERNIE PICKHAM AND FAMILY. AND SELECTED WRITINGS - Tecno-Libro

in All About Vernie Pickham Family and Selected Writings, Mary Baker tells her story about growing up as Vernie, an irish Catholic in Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s. it s an honest, simply told story of hardship, disappointment, love, and laughter. Mary tells all, often with a sense of humor, and describes the old days in amazing detail. Her story is illustrated with more than 100 photographs. Mary had a difficult and unsettled childhood. Her mother and grandmother died when she was just six months old, victims of the 1918 influenza. Her paternal grandmother took Vernie in as a foster mother, but then she died on Mary s sixth birthday. After that she was bounced around between relatives and moved from school to school. When she turned seventeen, her father told her she was on her own. Despite her rough start, Mary lived a full and adventurous life. She was an avid bicyclist, taking long rides with the Chicago Cycle Club in the 1930s. She lov