{"product_id":"just-a-while-ago-a-toledo-mans-memoir-of-work-war-and-a-life-well-lived","title":"Just A While Ago: A Toledo Man's Memoir of Work, War, and a Life Well-Lived","description":"\u003cp\u003eNews anchor Tom Brokaw called Valden Farnham's\u003cbr\u003e\ngeneration the greatest one. And a few pages into this book, it's\u003cbr\u003e\nnot hard to figure out why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFarnham was just six years old when the crumbling stock\u003cbr\u003e\nmarket started the the Great Depression. The economic\u003cbr\u003e\nstruggles strangling our country hit his hometown of Toledo\u003cbr\u003e\ntoo. Life was hard. Farnham and the rest of his family forged ahead,\u003cbr\u003e\nhopeful that better days were on their way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, those brighter days didn't last long. Farnham's\u003cbr\u003e\nfirst stint in college was cut short by the outbreak of World War\u003cbr\u003e\nII. He enlisted in the army, served in Europe, and did his part to\u003cbr\u003e\nhelp the Allies win the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he returned home, his romantic life was turned upside\u003cbr\u003e\ndown. But Farnham picked up the pieces, found love again, and\u003cbr\u003e\ncarved out something close to the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his memoir, Just A While Ago, Farnham looks back on all that he's done.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nIt's the story of the greatest generation, told through one\u003cbr\u003e\nman's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it's a remarkable one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valden Farnham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43998058283169,"sku":"9781304631343","price":51.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1dm8zn64-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748360728","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/just-a-while-ago-a-toledo-mans-memoir-of-work-war-and-a-life-well-lived","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}