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Mrs. Kansas City Kitty: Doris Swinney and Her Family

This book is a continuation of stories in the life of "Miss Kansas City Kitty - Doris Markham's Story." As the book opens, Doris is married to her third husband, Martin Swinney, and has a ready-made family.

We join the family in 1949, when they move back to Doris's hometown of Jameson, Missouri, and her mother's farm. Neither Marty nor his children have ever lived on a farm. Marty's war injuries are still plaguing him, as he tries to support his family while going in and out of the hospital. Doris goes back to work in Kansas City during the turbulent 1960s and the race riots.

In this book, you will see life in north Missouri during the 1950s and 1960s and Doris's experiences raising teenagers during that time from both rural and urban perspectives. There will be highs and lows, good times and bad in Doris's life as the years go by quickly. Doris lived to be 96 - almost 97 -years old, and this book will explore the last half of her life.

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Mrs. Kansas City Kitty: Doris Swinney and Her Family

This book is a continuation of stories in the life of "Miss Kansas City Kitty - Doris Markham's Story." As the book opens, Doris is married to her third husband, Martin Swinney, and has a ready-made family.

We join the family in 1949, when they move back to Doris's hometown of Jameson, Missouri, and her mother's farm. Neither Marty nor his children have ever lived on a farm. Marty's war injuries are still plaguing him, as he tries to support his family while going in and out of the hospital. Doris goes back to work in Kansas City during the turbulent 1960s and the race riots.

In this book, you will see life in north Missouri during the 1950s and 1960s and Doris's experiences raising teenagers during that time from both rural and urban perspectives. There will be highs and lows, good times and bad in Doris's life as the years go by quickly. Doris lived to be 96 - almost 97 -years old, and this book will explore the last half of her life.

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Mrs. Kansas City Kitty: Doris Swinney and Her Family

Mrs. Kansas City Kitty: Doris Swinney and Her Family

by Deborah Dilks
Mrs. Kansas City Kitty: Doris Swinney and Her Family

Mrs. Kansas City Kitty: Doris Swinney and Her Family

by Deborah Dilks

Overview

This book is a continuation of stories in the life of "Miss Kansas City Kitty - Doris Markham's Story." As the book opens, Doris is married to her third husband, Martin Swinney, and has a ready-made family.

We join the family in 1949, when they move back to Doris's hometown of Jameson, Missouri, and her mother's farm. Neither Marty nor his children have ever lived on a farm. Marty's war injuries are still plaguing him, as he tries to support his family while going in and out of the hospital. Doris goes back to work in Kansas City during the turbulent 1960s and the race riots.

In this book, you will see life in north Missouri during the 1950s and 1960s and Doris's experiences raising teenagers during that time from both rural and urban perspectives. There will be highs and lows, good times and bad in Doris's life as the years go by quickly. Doris lived to be 96 - almost 97 -years old, and this book will explore the last half of her life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781662902550
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Publication date: 08/25/2020
Pages: 252
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Deborah Dilks aka Debby Dilks grew up in northwest Missouri and moved south to the Greater Kansas City Area upon graduating from high school. She is married with two children, four grandchildren and a multitude of people she considers her children and grandchildren from all over the world. After thirty-three years working at the University of Missouri Kansas City in the School of Computing and Engineering, she retired and now has the time to following her first passion of writing. Debby's second passion is genealogy. This is her second book about her mother. The first book is Miss Kansas City Kitty Doris Markham's Story ISBN 978-1646108657 hard cover or 978-16466108619 paperback.
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