MORE OF ARIEL'S STUFF. 1914, THE END OF AN ERA, AND PA GOES OFF TO WAR
The stories of people’s lives do not have much impact or interest when divorced from the families and the societies in which they were lived, so I give some idea of the harsh conditions in which my parents, aunts and uncles – and even more my grandparents and great-grandparents had to endure. What never ceases to amaze any who make a study of that era is the sheer exuberance, and joie d vivre of the poorest of the poor in those times; the human spirit is indeed irrepressible! Of course, we... Sign in to see full entry.