Publisher's Synopsis
Stories of a Midwest Childhood 1930s-'40s gives shape to days of a Nebraska childhood. The book reveals the growing consciousness of a girl from her 4th birthday to her 16th year. The Great Depression, drought, and World War II stamped the era with hardships. But my grandparents' farm, before the advent of electricity and a paved road, was a place of enchantment. Make-believe games with my friends and cousins, cowboys in the haymow, corncob dolls, a hideaway in the storm cellar, a Maypole and May baskets, family picnics by a muddy river. From the perspective of the 21st century, we lived in years of innocence.
