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    27 Poems of My Uncle
    27 Poems of My Uncle
    27 Poems of My Uncle
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    27 Poems of My Uncle

    By Dean Reding

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    These poems are about life as it was in the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote them from the time he was in high school through the early years of his working life. They give insight into what life was like before and during the depression.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDean Reding
    Release dateSep 25, 2011
    ISBN9780982913383
    27 Poems of My Uncle
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    Dean Reding

    Dean is a native of Denton, Texas, now living in East Texas. He worked thirty years for an oil company, traveling in Central and South America, Africa, and Europe. He retired in 2002 and began writing novels, poetry, and non fiction. You can reach him at redinvd@gmail.com

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      27 Poems of My Uncle - Dean Reding

      27 Poems of My Uncle

      Poems my Uncle Wrote in the Early Twentieth Century

      Edited by

      Dean Reding

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      Reding Enterprises on Smashwords

      27 Poems of My Uncle:

      Copyright © 2011 by Dean Reding

      ISBN: 978-0-9829133-8-3

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      27 Poems of My Uncle

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Denton High

      Through Failure to Success

      Rain Clouds

      The End of the Day

      It is Better to Be a Soph

      Shorty

      The Smartest Thing to Do

      Blow Wind Blow

      Easter Greetings

      In Appreciation of Your Picture

      The Drought’s Finis

      All For One and One For All

      The Stream by the Mill

      Easter Greetings to the Folks at Home

      Greetings on Easter

      April Born Folks

      Flowers

      The Hockerville Attraction

      Mr. And Mrs.

      To the Loafer

      A Wandering Lad

      To Mother on Mother’s Day

      A Little Man

      Doogin

      To Vince

      The Show of Spring

      My Pal

      Ross’ Testimony

      PREFACE

      Ross Reding was my uncle. As executor of his estate it was my duty to go through his papers, I came across a collection of poems Ross wrote between 1926-1940. I reproduced them here and thought you might like to read them.

      I believe he

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