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And All the Days Were Bright

Geebie’s Journal · Geneva Maxson Holland · September 30, 1981

Stories about a childhood in the 1900’s, written in a letter-journal to her family — published here in episodes, in text and audio.

Read the original scan (PDF) — Geneva’s typewritten journal, all 42 pages, as the family received it.

Episode One

Greetings from South Arkansas

17 minutes

A letter home, a train at six weeks old, and the house in Gentry — the hired girls, the parlor carpet, and Mama’s bread.

Episode Two

Flint Creek

18 minutes

Summer picnics at Flint Creek, songs on the way home — and a pair of shoes to wear out.

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