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making games, especially since we don’t seem to have as many as we once did. To this day, the sound of the play-by-play of a baseball game transports me back to my grandfather’s side, listening to the radio. This memoir will transport similar readers back in time over and over, as Bryson describes the special role that new appliances held in the family life (almost pulled up to the table as an honored guest), the inadequacy of toys (the jerky electric football game, the useless slinky), the entertaining Bmovies on Saturday mornings, and the glories of television (Sky King, Topper, George Bums and Grade Allen, My Little Margie, etc.).
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