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Remarkable for the vivid details that evoke the past, Rendleman's account is rare in another respect: memoirs of the time... often reek of nostalgia. But Rendleman's memoir differs from the norm. Born poor in rural southern Illinois, she tells an unvarnished tale of what it was really like growing up on a tenant farm early this century. https://lnkd.in/eu5AWAg6

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