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Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.
Growing Up in Oz by George M. Radcliffe, Jr. ’71.
June 17, 2025
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(Salt Water Media, 2023).
The publisher describes the book like this: “From watching a first-grade classmate drop into the ‘fires of hell’ to battling trolls, Brussels sprouts, and 50 miles of toilet paper, George Radcliffe remembers and reflects on a remarkable and lovingly spirited family growing up in the 1950s. As the lone survivor of that family of six, he recounts their often-hilarious exploits in a series of stories that will make you laugh and cry but leave you with memories of a unique and close family.”
As one reviewer notes, “Reading these stories is warmly reminiscent of listening to a grandfather spinning yarns to his grandchildren while sitting around a fireplace or at the end of the Thanksgiving meal. Woven into these pages, you will find humor and lightness as well as a recognition of today being different than yesterday. George is a natural storyteller and he reveals a heartfelt kindness, love, and gratitude for each of these stories.”
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