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What kind of floors do you live on – carpet, hardwood, or dirt? Does it affect quality of life? This is the poignant story of one boy growing up in the foothills of eastern Oklahoma, the first of eight children, loved and cared for by hard-working but uneducated parents. From the beginning of the Great Depression of 1929 to the end of World War II in 1945, you will share the day-to-day hardships and occasional disaster, as well as the daily joy of just being themselves, as the author shares his worst and finest memories of childhood. Intermingled are the nightmares and stories related by a superstitious grandmother who lived with the family for some time. The family survived as the hired hands on several dirt farms until the advent of World War II changed the very essence of their way of life.