Growing Up in California: Life in the Golden State in the 40's & 50's

by Michael B Barker

Overview

A humorous biographical romp through California in the early years of radio and TV. Life in the Golden State in the 40s and 50s.

Seldom has a biography produced such a ribald cast of characters, from saints to scoundrels, from war heros to draft dodgers, from movie stars to could-have-beens. Growing up in a show business family during World War II, author Michael Barker relishes in prose unique glimpses of the lives and times of those who entertained and enlightened the greatest generation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595195671
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/2001
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.68(d)

Table of Contents

	List of Photographs	ix
	Forword	xi
Part I	Influences	1
Chapter I	The W.C. Fields Cups	3
Chapter II	A Cowboy Remembered	17
Chapter III	Uncle Ed	60
Chapter IV	The Melody Sisters	97
Part II	Growth	115
Chapter V	Hampton Glen	117
Chapter VI	The Neighborhood	136
Chapter VII	Visiting Auntie	162
Chapter VIII	Working and Getting Around	195
Chapter IX	Schools	218
Chapter X	After Word	247
	About the Author	251