A season of gifts

Description:

Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.

subjects: Neighbors,  Humorous stories,  Nineteen fifties,  Juvenile fiction,  Senior women,  Illinois,  Children of clergy,  Older women,  Historical fiction,  Household Moving,  Humorous fiction,  Churches,  Fifties (20th century),  Fiction,  History

Places: Illinois

Times: 20th century