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Ball of Yarns: from 87 years of worthy experience
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About Ball Of Yarns: From 87 Years Of Worthy Experience
Product Description An engaging memoir, distinguished by its singularity, presents a series of unique stories from a life well-lived. The recollections once conveyed only to a close circle of family and friends, are shared in guileless prose. Follow the escapades of Frank Ball through his lifelong journey of youthful exploits, daring exploration, and unordinary adventures.In this charming autobiographical anthology leading the reader through eighty-seven years, Frank surprises his audience with vivid imagery, candid musings, and scientific acumen. Both young and old alike will enjoy insights and experiences unknown to most people.Born in 1931, and fascinated by vehicles and machines over the decades, Frank shares his remembrances with authenticity and honesty. Readers will delight in the canny recollections of a lifetime of driving, engineering, handling rocketry and explosives, salvage diving, building and racing cars, contemplating and observing natural phenomena, and solving complex problems he encountered in Antarctica and while restoring antique vehicles.This is a book for those who have done, want to do, or wish they had done. Frank's yarns are sure to amuse and enchant readers. Review Chanticleer`s five-star review: "Ball's well-organized reminiscences will charm anyone with a love of vehicles, machines, youthful high jinx, and general mischief. His compelling American story speaks to timeless values of passion, family, ingenuity, determination, and legacy. "Much in the style of Sam Clemmons, Ball brings us tales of an American life ripe with adventure, passion and ingenuity. Recommended." - Chanticleer Reviews" About the Author In 1931, the author, Franklin R. Ball, was born in San Diego. He grew to maturity in southern California as the middle member of a doctor's family, went to college in Utah, and did military service in Georgia, before returning to California for extended employment and recreational pursuits. He married and raised a small family before deploying to Antarctica, with his wife, in the launch of a secondary vocation. A third occupation developed in his advanced years as a volunteer master mechanic at a truck museum, again in Southern California. These callings provided enough practical and visionary exposure to give him a unique perspective for authoring engaging prose that can be recreational, even educational.
