The Writings of an Old Virginia Country Boy
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About the Book
The Writings of an Old Virginia Country Boy is a collection of imaginative takes based loosely on the experiences of J. Richard Grove, a native of Virginia who grew up not only before technology was rampant, but before electricity, automobiles, and television had dulled the sound of creeks running and woodpeckers tapping. These stories run the gamut from descriptions of country life to adventures during The War, and tell the tale of a life well lived.
About the Author
The Author of The Writings of an Old Virginia Farm Boy is an old Virginia country boy: he was born and grew up in the country...he picked apples, hoed and shocked corn, slopped and butchered hogs, milked cows, threshed grain, gathered eggs, and trampled through the fields and streams with a homemade fishing pole and a Sears Roebuck single shot .22 rifle...from preteens until Uncle Sam called during World War II.
After basic training, during which he could not understand why the soldiers were always complaining when all they had to do was walk, while back on the farm her was used to grubbing with a mattock or swinging an ax, he was shipped to England during the war. This nineteen-year-old Sargent was responsible for coordinating with U.S. Army commanders and British officials in moving U. S. troops and vehicles out of a designated area by road and rail in southern England.
After retiring from the military in 1965 and having seen Europe, country life and country ways called. A 340-acre beef cattle farm was the answer.
Today, after having lived for seventy-five years on this old planet and after having been to six continents and more than fifty countries, the lure of Virginia country life, country people, and country ways are as strong as ever.