Benjamin Makes His Mark - Hardcover

Gaugler, Arline R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1483600076 ISBN 13: 9781483600079

Publisher: Xlibris, 2013

Synopsis

This story, Benjamin Makes His Mark, takes place when there are no telephones in the beginning of the story, at least for most of the country people, no central heating, no electric sweepers, and no electric refrigerators yet. They have a cabinet with a square box outlined in metal. This holds a block of ice. They use wood and coal for cooking and baking. They have a parlor heater to heat the living room, and the kitchen stove heats the kitchen. Some people have a fireplace in both the living room and in the kitchen and some in a bedroom upstairs.

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About the Author

Arline Gaugler began writing her first manuscript for a book in 1992 shortly after she retired from working at the age of sixty-four. In total, Arline has written twelve manuscripts, which have all remained unpublished until her self-published Benjamin Makes His Mark in late 2012. At the age of eighty-four, Arline Gaugler was finally able to see her dream of publishing her first book come to pass. Arline was born in Bally, Pennsylvania, in 1928 and lived with her parents, Eva Reigner Gaugler and Harry Warmuth Gaugler, for her entire life. Arline was never married and did not have any children. She began reading paperback novels after the death of her mother in 1992 and then decided she wanted to write books. Stories of the past that her parents and grandparents shared with her were precious to her, and they became the focus of her writing. Arline worked most of her life as a telephone operator before the time of automatic call switching. She connected callers by manually plugging in phone lines to complete the connection. She originally worked for the Conestoga Telephone Company in Sassamansville and later in their Boyertown office in rural Pennsylvania. When technology eliminated the need for manual switch operators, Arline finished her communications career as a private switchboard operator for C. S. Garber & Sons Inc. well drillers in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. Arline believes that anyone who has words stored in their hearts should share them with the world no matter what their age. It took Arline eighty-four years to make her mark.

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483600076
• ISBN 13: 9781483600079
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 108