Publisher's Synopsis
November 11, 1918 as World War I comes to an end and The United States of America having won the war left our nation strong and patriotic as our boys come home. We will never forget the pain and losses we suffered, but none the less we won the war, our boys were coming home. The roaring 20's has the nation captivated, business is good. Industry is moving forward as technology from the Industrial revolution shows no sign of slowing. Things are great in America, economy how shall we say? The economy is booming towards the endof the 1920's. Having grown up post World War I when the United States was rebuilding, the economy on an up swing roaring 20's even today in the history books something coveted by modern America. But in 1929 all that came to a screeching halt with the crashing of the stock market, and the United States entering into what now is labeled The Great Depression. By 1931 The United States was no longer roaring. We did not have Government intervention as we do today, with programs, and bail outs, and welfare. In short the nation was starving, and with no jobs, there was not much to look forward to, and hope was fading fast. Now imagine you're in the Deep South where even prior to the depression it was considered poorer than much of the nation. Now imagine you are a poor Black Man struggling to live, and feed your family in fact make that two, at a time long before civil rights, long before Dr. Martin Luther King, long before these two men would even be allowed to speak with me of such matters or tell their stories. Already struggling to get by when times are good, but what to do when times get bad? As for these men they would say at that time, "Impossible." They had a solution, a solution that would carry them through 60 years together as best friends. That solution was devotion, trust, love and friendship. The other was they were fighters. And they were good at it. They did not win all their battles, but they won the war. Please enjoy their tales.
