Gateway to India: Children's stories

Gateway to India: Children's Stories by James McEldowney 1997

Table of Contents -list of stories

My dad, James McEldowney, wrote 33 short stories (each 3-4 pages long) for his grand and great grand children of events in his life, keeping the language appropriate to their ages. 

      They are quite charming and interesting - "Go West" about his trip with a friend in the late 1920s is the most popular story. 

     I'm going to try to put the stories into this blog. 

Here's a list of the titles with their page numbers - 

#1 Feathers Are For Chickens 1 

#2 Grandfathers 4 

#3 Teacher - Teacher 9

#4 Go West, Young Man, Go West! 12 

#5 India, Here We Come 15 

#6 Kashmir - a Fairy Land 19 

#7 Living In Tents 23 

#8 Golconda, A Famous Fort 27 

#9 On The Border Of Tibet 30 

#10 Ruth's Rat 33 

#11 Alone At Sea In Wartime 35 

#12 Bachelor Days 40 

#13 A Dinosaur Bone 43 

#14 The Mercy Ship Gripsholm 45 

#15 Barbara's Birthday Elephant 49 

#16 Little Frogs And Baby Chicks 52 

 #17 In The Jungles Of Jagdalpur 55 

#18 My Visit With Mahatma Gandhi 59 

#19 Christmas Comes To India 62 

#20 Lost In London 65 

#21 Up The Rhine 68 

#22 In A National Game Preserve 72 

#23 Snakes And More Snakes 74 

#24 Hiking And Camping In The Himalayas 77 

#25 The Prodigal Returns 81 

#26 Betty Ann And I Go To A Hindu Festival 84 

#27 Village Christians Celebrate Easter 88 

#28 A Kashmir Holiday 90 

#29 Was It Scary? 95 

#30 The School Party 99 

#31 Barbara Tells Of India 103 

#32 In Memory Of Kent Schulz and Christy Conard 106 

#33 My World Since 1907 110