Oh wow once I started reading it i couldnt put it down. My father went to school with Mr. Woolley until he moved right before the 3rd grade and my father has ordered every book written by Mr. Wooley, my father said it was like his childhood memoirs written through someone else. Not that these same events happened to my father but when the author talks about a barbed wire fence they would cross under to go from here to there he did that with them or the sound the windmill would make as it moved in the lazy breeze, the sounds and smells on a farm. Awesome! Some of the first names even I recognize in this story. The truism captured and feelings that you feel as your reading this is incredible it was a very poignant and emotional story that moved me to tears. I will be reading the rest of the books my dad has in his library written by Mr. Woolley. Keep up the great gift you have for sharing your storys with us. By the way my dad is Theon Dean Thetford. I dont know if you remember him but he sure remembers you!