Gum-Dipped
Download or Read eBook Gum-Dipped PDF written by Joyce Dyer and published by The University of Akron Press. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Joyce Dyer |
| Publisher | : The University of Akron Press |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2003-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1931968179 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781931968171 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Gum-Dipped by : Joyce Dyer
Book excerpt: Gum-Dipped: A Daughter Remembers Rubber Town tells the story of growing up in the rubber community of Firestone Park in Akron, Ohio"the former Rubber Capital of the World. The book begins with the rededication of the bronze Harvey Firestone statue on August 3, 2000, at the Centennial celebration for the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. The statue"perched high on a hill at the entrance to Firestone Park, the residential community Harvey built for his workers in 1915"was sacred to the author, Joyce Coyne Dyer, and her father, Tom Coyne, during the fifties, a time when the Coynes worshipped the company and thought themselves members of the Firestone family.
