My Stories

About the Book

My Stories is a memoir recording the author’s experiences over eight plus decades of the twentieth century. It starts with growing up in the decade of the twenties in a small rural town in south Alabama isolated from the greater world, and continues through the Great Depression, college, and a fascinating forty-two year career with General Electric which includes eighteen months working in the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge. A love story is included leading to an intimate marriage, raising a family, and continues through a productive retirement. The authors philosophical comments in some chapters trend toward being an essay.

About the Author

George Snead Thagard, born during the last year of World War One, grew up in Andalusia, Alabama with two siblings. His father was a Druggist and his mother a Registered Nurse. He received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in 1941 and had a forty- two year career with General Electric, retiring in 1983. He married Lucile Case (Lucy) in Schenectady, NY in 1942 and this marriage continued until her death in 2001. In his retirement years he has enjoyed extensive hobbies in fine woodworking, designing houses and writing. This is his first published book.