Eugene Field Memoir

This is a great two volume set that is free on Amazon's Kindle! I didn't know his father represented Dred Scott, but I've always been a fan of his, both because he was a doll colletor and because I went to Eugene Field Grade School [which had a doll collection on display!].

One assignment we do in humanities class is to choose a favorite toy and write about and discuss it. This is a good way to begin writing about childhood. Answer where the toy came from, was it hand made? Did you make it? Was it a gift? Was it even a toy [one of mine was an African statute dubbed The Little Drummer Boy" Do you still have it? Did you inherit it then pass it on? These are good ways to fill in gaps for childhood stories, and scrapbookers are liable to have photos and other memoarabilia for their albums.