Sample of Individual Oral History Book
Land Below, Sky Above: A multi-book oral history series about Stanley Clifford Henjum, 1921-2024+
Each book in this series brings the interviews conducted with oral historian Cameron Vanderscoff,
together with photos and memorabilia of the life story into a collector’s archival quality book.
The full 103-year oral history book series traces Mr. Henjum’s remarkable 103-year life story, from his beginnings as a farm boy in rural Minnesota to his career in service of his country in WW2, then as an aerospace engineer in the space industries, and as a son and family man throughout.
We see Mr. Henjum as not just an individual, but as part of a long generational story of his family stretching from Norway, where his grandparents immigrated from, to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren today.
BOOK ONE: Roots, 1921-1935
“Growing up on a farm taught me everything I needed to know. I can say this is true now at 99 years old. I learned about every discipline there is –from physics to hydrology, to electrical, to mechanical, to environmental, weather, atmospheric, animal husbandry. Teamwork is basic to farming.”
LAND BELOW, SKY ABOVE:
An Oral History of Stanley Clifford Henjum I
BOOK ONE: Roots, 1921-1935
By Clifford Henjum and Cameron Vanderscoff
Features
eBook
Print Book
- Hardcover book with Dust Jacket
- 172 pages, featuring over 70 black & white and color images
- Each photo digitized for archival records and restoration
- 8″X10″ inches landscape orientation
- Premium photo paper
About BOOK ONE
This first installment, Book One: Roots, 1921-1935 covers Clifford Henjum’s young years on the farm growing up through the Depression and Dust Bowl. Through stories and images, this book traces his early years growing up on the family farm
and attending a one-room schoolhouse through eighth grade. He experienced firsthand the transition from horse-drawn plows to gasoline-powered tractors, and from gas lamps and wood stoves to electricity. It gives a historical look at farming life — from work to faith to play — during the 20’s to the 30’s and the Depression and the Dust Bowl.
“Growing up on a farm taught me everything I needed to know. I can say this is true now at 99 years old. I learned about every discipline there is –from physics to hydrology, to electrical, to mechanical, to environmental, weather, atmospheric, animal husbandry. Teamwork is basic to farming.”
LAND BELOW, SKY ABOVE:
An Oral History of Stanley Clifford Henjum I
BOOK ONE: Roots, 1921-1935
By Clifford Henjum and Cameron Vanderscoff
Features
eBook
Print Book
- Hardcover book with Dust Jacket
- 172 pages, featuring over 70 black & white and color images
- 8″X10″ inches landscape orientation
- Premium quality paper
A Look Inside BOOK One
BOOK TWO: An Education from Farm to College, 1935-1943
- Hardcover book with jacket
- 179 pgs, 89 photos.
- Each photo digitized for archival records and restoration
- 8″X10″ inches landscape orientation
- Premium photo paper
BOOK THREE: The War Years
& Homecoming, 1941-1948
Book Three is the third installment of Mr. Henjum’s now 103-year oral history in words and images, exploring the WWII Years. With World War II declared, Clifford must pivot and be resilient through the changes ahead for him, his family and his country. He would join the Navy. Clifford would be selected to be trained in the (then) new and secret technology of radar. In the Battle of Okinawa he would put this radar to the test, guiding the ship through dense camouflage smoke and air attack into the harbor.
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Henjum by Cameron Vanderscoff. Photos digitized to archival standards and the book designed and published.
- Hardcover book with jacket
- 240 pgs, 134 photos, 5 maps, 2 illustrations.
- Each photo digitized for archival records and restoration
- 8″X10″ inches landscape orientation
- Premium photo paperAbout BOOK
DESCRIPTION
This first installment, Book One: Roots, 1921-1935 covers Clifford Henjum’s young years on the farm. Through stories and images, this book traces his early years growing up on the family farm and attending a one-room schoolhouse through eighth grade. He experienced firsthand the transition from horse-drawn plows to gasoline-powered tractors, and from gas lamps and wood stoves to electricity. It gives a historical look at farming life — from work to faith to play — during the 20’s to the 30’s and the Depression and the Dust Bowl.
Author Clifford Henjum celebrated the publication of this book in 2021 at his 100th Birthday event. The interviews for the series were conducted with Clifford Henjum over multiple sessions with oral historian Cameron Vanderscoff.
COMING SOON: BOOK TWO
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