HARDWICK – Allen Davis, HA ’49, will talk about his memoir in the Parker Ladd Community Room at the Jeudevine Memorial Library on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m.
Born in 1931, Allen grew up in Hardwick. Although his childhood and youth spanned he Great Depression and World War II, he titled his book, “Lucky Generation: Growing up in Depression and War.” The book ends as he enters Dartmouth College.
In it he recalls a town whose physical appearance has changed some, but whose culture has changed tremendously. A culture of baked beans every Saturday night, sneaking into the pool hall because your mother didn’t approve, going to the movies at the Idle Hour Theater, reading everything within reach at the Jeudevine Library, and exploring Buffalo Mountain and the Woodbury Gulf with friends and alone. A shy, bookish kid, Davis became a historian and he tells his story with an eye to the historical context that shaped his life and the life of his hometown which he has returned to every summer of his life, except one.
Free and open to the public, the library is located at 93 N. Main St. in Hardwick. Access the community room from the parking lot by the lower level of the building.
