title: The Chenango Kid: A Memoir of the Fifties
author:  Roger K. Miller 
description: From <i>BlueInk Review</i>, an independent, objective online journal:<br /><br />"As for Miller's reflections about the literature, music and politics of the 1950s, he delivers understanding beyond the superficial.... all literate women and men who remember that decade will find plenty to roll over in their minds in this wide-ranging and thoughtful memoir."
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  The
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Recollections Of
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Accidental Polymath
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dave Gibbons
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Amazon for Dave Gibbons
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  © Copyright 2021
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner
  whatsoever without the express written permission of the author, except for
  the use of brief quotations for the benefit of review.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Introduction
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Having realised he'd not asked enough questions of his parents before they
  passed away, Dave feared the same may happen with his son. So, as a record for
  his son and future generations, he began to compile stories of his youth and
  family before him.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It soon became apparent that Dave had