Benson's Garage Memorial

ISBN: 1481866001

Author: Morrison, Janet

Condition: New

"Some towns keep their history in glass display cases in a museum with creaky wooden floors", Burt Benson often said. However, in this fictional story centered in the small Midwest town of Taylor Bend, seven decades of American history seep through the sturdy brick walls of Bensons Garage. The roaring 20s find Burt devising a plan to set up a mechanics workshop and gas station, as he becomes enthralled with the growing popularity of Henry Fords automobiles. It doesnt take long for Burts garage to turn into the hub of local news, especially when the country is grappling with the spread of tuberculosis and then later with a second world war. Meanwhile the Benson family marches through its own trauma spanning across three generations.