Ohio History and Culture (Hardcover): Goosetown: Reconstructing an Akron Neighborhood (Hardcover)

from snash

The memoir Goosetown is an attempt by the author to reconstruct her first five years of life when she lived in a neighborhood of Akron, Ohio once called Goosetown. Since her memories are vague to non-exsistant, she uses drives through the old neighborhood with her uncle to stir them up. In the en...

from akowen

I really enjoyed this book on many levels. I requested it through the Early Reviewers because I grew up in a little town just outside Akron and was intrigued with a story about our nearest big city. We got the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper on Sundays, shopped at the Acme grocery store, enjoyed v...

from SamSattler

Joyce Dyer is searching for what she considers her "missing years," those first four or five years of life of which few people can salvage many reliable memories. Dyer does remember a few things about when she lived in Goosetown, an Akron neighborhood, but she wonders if her memories are more aki...

from book58lover

I expected a history of an Akron neighborhood, complete with famous faces and exciting events. What I got instead was a family memoir with mysteries and events that were never discussed. The book begins slowly but introduces us to the author's Uncle Paul, known to his family as the Mayor of Goose...

from lfoster82

I just finished reading Goosetown: Reconstructing an Akron Neighborhood. The book was very easy to read. However, I was never really drawn into the book. I feel it is because the author is talking about her life and it's not in story form- it's more like chronological fact-telling. Maybe if I liv...