Grandpa’s Memories of Main Street is set in the 1940’s and 50’s in the small town of Cornwall, New York, located along the Hudson River. Every town and village across America at that time had a Main Street that was economically vibrant and socially active. While each community was unique, there were common threads that ran through them all. In this story, a grandfather tells his grandchildren in a letter about his memories of those bygone days. He tells about experiences and adventures of everyday life for a child during that era.

Grandparents reading this story to their grandchildren will be reminded of their own childhood. The grandchildren will gain an understanding of life along Main Street at that time from both the story and discussions afterwards with their grandparents.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J William Zoldak was born in the Highlands along the Hudson River in 1943. He spent his formative years roaming through the mountains, valleys, fields and forests surrounding the town of Cornwall, NY. After college he entered the field of Education, first as science teacher and then as a high school guidance counselor. After he retired he turned a hobby of building stone walls into an enjoyable business. Never losing the passion for the outdoors, which he enjoyed as a child, he started writing letters to his grandchildren so that they might appreciate rural and small-town life in the 1950s.