"Robert A. Nordyke's life exemplifies the pattern of a person who followed the precepts of "I'm third." A gentle, unassuming, gracious, kind, intelligent, humble, generous, and thoughtful family man, he was a deep thinker, a lover of poetry and literature, a poineer in nuclear medicine, a nationally and internationally recognized teacher, an innovator in medical practice, a clinician, and a researcher." "In 1992 Bob was urged by family and friends to write about his own experiences as a boy growing up in the small California town of Woodland in Sacramento Valley during the post World War I period and the depression years, extending from 1919 to 1950. Over the next five years he sat at his computer and recorded some short episodes in his life that he had used as bedtime stories for his children and grandchildren. this book is a compilation of those adventures. It is not intended as a diary that reports day-to-day and month-to-month activities; instead, it offers scenes of true-life experiences of an American boy growing up in an historical period of the first half of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.