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[alyson]

I found this book among many that had been carted to me by my parents now that I have a house with storage capacity. It was originally owned by my Gramma K, who is now 101 years old. Published in 1945, it includes this note with its copyright: "This book has been manufactured in compliance with orders of the war production board for conserving paper and other materials." Its target age-group looks to be about 10 years old.

Trailer Town is a silly (in the old-fashioned sense of the word) and simplistic tale about a family who relocates from their longtime home to a trailer park in order to be close to their father, who has received a commission with the military. It's Christian in theme, and sweetly propagandistic about the goals of the war, about loving people of all kinds whether they be German, Japanese, Negro, or trailer trash (I thought "trailer trash" was a newer insult!), and about how going to church can bring everyone together in fruitfulness and harmony. Oh yeah, and how much happier families are if the mothers don't have to go to work.

I read it quickly and enjoyed it well enough. It does, however, require tolerance from non-Christians. A period piece, you could say.

[galactic_dev]

I'm not sure what an old-fashioned definition of "silly" is (or, by contrast, what a more modern definition of the word is).

[alyson]

I find it tough to explain what I meant by "silly in the old-fashioned sense." Maybe I meant that silly used to mean simple and naive, whereas now it means foolish and funny.