Alma Caldwell's diary provides the perspective of teenagers in 1913 and 1914. It begins in the summer of 1913 when activities for young people were abundant, reluctantly chronicles Alma's return to high school for a junior year, hurtles through the heartbreak of a chilling winter, and rockets full blast into the spring and early summer of 1914. The diary's focus is on Alma and her new boyfriend, Emmet Thornton, and how their lives play out. Interspersed are clips from two newspapers, the Sulphur Springs Gazette (1862-1928) and the Commerce Journal (1891-present), and magazine clippings...
Alma Caldwell's diary provides the perspective of teenagers in 1913 and 1914. It begins in the summer of 1913 when activities for young people were ab...
