When Weavers Wove

Short Stories of a Small New England Mill Town

by Fred L.Wintle of Dexter, Maine
 
  A note from the author:

This story begins on Lower Spring Street at the house where I grew up with four sisters and a younger brother in the fifties. The essence of the book really begins with the reader standing on the knoll in the hollow behind Poirier’s Market and Field’s Garage, which are both situated on Spring Street. I invite you to stroll with me through the streets of a small Maine Mill Town.

 When Weavers Wove is the story of every small town New England family who lived during the tumultuous transition from Industrial Age to baby boomers of the sixties and seventies and the loss of their innocence. It is an embellished view written by a fifth generation Yankee blessed with the gift of knowing people and capturing their stories from the 19th, 20th, and 21st century.  

When Weavers Wove is a collection of short stories written to capture the taste, smell, sounds, and realities of a by gone era. An era that looms large in our memories. An era which, in no small way, still longs for its innocence. When Weavers Wove is by and large a work of nonfiction written as a stroll through Dexter, Maine, a small New England Mill town, which typifies the birth and end of the Industrial Age.

 

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GARLAND - Fred L. Wintle, published by iUniverse, Inc., the leading provider of publishing technology solutions for authors, announced today that they are pleased to make a local author's work available to the public.

When Weavers Wove is your story if you grew up in the fifties or sixties in rural America.

When Weavers Wove is an unabashed look at the pride, people and places of a bygone era. Fred returned to his small town roots after a twenty-year stint in the United States Air Force and penned a series of stories about his miss-spent youth and family, faith, and heritage.

 

In the tumultuous ever changing times of the 21st century When Weavers Wove reminds us of what we once cherished and hope to hold on to. Fred’s grandfather said it best when he said: “There is no shame in being poor but it’s damned inconvenient.”

If you want to remember what matters in this life after you strip away the worries and the fears of a too fast paced world “When Weavers Wove” is a must read.

Fred L. Wintle grew up in Dexter, Maine, joined the USAF in his teens, traveled extensively in Asia and Europe, lived in 14 of the United States returned to Maine in 1992 met his wife Joan married her and settled down in Garland where he lives now with two yorkies and a tank full of fish.

 Fred was a Director on the School Administration District 46 School Board works in Bangor for Affiliated Collections and restores antiques in his spare time.

When Weavers Wove is your book if you know what the sound of a shuttle cock in a loom sounds like and what an Orange Crush pop tasted like when you drank it out of a beer bottle colored bottle from Dexter Bottling Works in the fifties. ISBN 0-595-42319-9 Published February 5, 2007. $19.95 Published by iUniverse available through Barnes and Noble and locally through The Daily Me.com website, Country Charms Store and the Dexter Historical Society in Dexter.