Chig and the Second Spread
by Gwenyth Swain
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Despite her small stature, eight-year-old Chig makes large contributions to her southern Indiana community during the Great Depression.Tags
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I recieved this book from one of my daughters for Christmas. I really enjoyed it. I enjoy books that portray the hunman struggle and how people in hard times pull together. Chig is a sweet character. A little girl growing up in southern IN, during the depression. She rises to the occasion to help people in her town , but does not seek acclaim for it.A small view of F.D.R.'s alphabet soup ideas.All in all a good read.
US History, Great Depression, Historical Fiction
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Gwenyth Swain lives with her husband and their two young children in St. Paul.
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- Original publication date
- 2003
- Dedication
- For my father, Henry Swain, whose stories of growing up during the Great Depression I have so shamelessly stolen, and, For the late Geneva ("Chig") Owens, first female county Commissioner of Brown County, Indiana, whose nickn... (show all)ame I have respectfully borrowed.
- First words
- Way down dep in the hills and hollers of Southern Indiana, there was once a girl name Chig.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Chanda learned the secrets of the ancients, but Chig learned something simpler and perhaps more precious-the power of believing in herself and in her ability to be the big person she wanted to be.
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- 978,717
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
