No Place Like Home: Growing Up In Manhattan, Kansas 1948-1964

No Place Like Home: Growing Up In Manhattan, Kansas 1948-1964

Jerri Garretson lived a total of 33 years in Manhattan, Kansas, in three periods. This book features 55 topics about life in the years she was growing up there, plus 13 mini-biographies of teachers and neighbors that were important in her life. It is illustrated with over 800 photos of people, places, and events, and even everyday objects most of us no longer use. To assist readers unfamiliar with Manhattan, she has included maps, and to anchor local events to the nation and the world, there is a timeline. The book is thoroughly indexed. Though many dates and events are mentioned, it is not a history of the city, but rather an entertaining account about the way of life in that time and place. "Told with refreshing candor and exceptional detail, Jerri Garretson's topical account of her life growing up in Manhattan from 1948 to 1964 presents vivid and entertaining verbal images of not only her own life, but the times in which she lived." - Excerpt from review by Dan Walter, The Manhattan Mercury , October 2. 2021 "This excellent memoir is more the story of a time and place than of the person. Garretson is a retired reference librarian. She was at the top of her game when she researched for this book. It's so full of detail, that it really gives you a feel for what it was like to live in America at that time." - Caroline McCullagh in the Mensa Bulletin, February 2022