The Baby Boomer's Guide to Growing Up in "The Rocket City"

The Baby Boomer's Guide to Growing Up in "The Rocket City"

Tommy Towery is a faithful writer, famous rememberer, and gifted compiler of stories. He binds us together as he writes of the people, places, and things that comprise our early history in Huntsville. He takes us on memory trips where we can relax and enjoy the ride because he is such a great driver. Tommy is our friend, classmate, and chronicler. No other group lived the lives we shared and no one has collected or tells the stories from that era better than Tommy does. – Jim McBride, Huntsville’s own Alabama Music Hall of Fame Song WriterSince 2001 I have maintained a weekly internet newspaper for my classmates from Lee High School. Through the years we often discussed our memories of the Huntsville of our childhood. Over time many former students of other schools joined in the activities of that site and contributed their own memories. Major items covered inculded memories of downtown Huntsville and the activities around the courthouse square on Saturday mornings, movies, transportation, dances, and garage bands.Having previously written and published eight books on the lives of U.S. Air Force B-52 crewmembers I saw the opportunity of using the same process to preserve the history of Huntsville in the early Fifties and Sixties. Augmenting my own memories with many of the contributions of classmates and friends, I produced this guide to give a depth of knowledge that one person alone could not possess.