Grover Always Said
A Taste of the Good Life
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It was a hot lazy afternoon in late summer, right after the last bale of third crop alfalfa was put up in the hay mow, just before the first day of school. It was so hot that the checkers players and story tellers at A. J. Tull and Son General Store and U.S. Post Office moved outside to the front porch just in case a cool breeze might try to sneak through Michaelville, PA. Grover Cleveland Walborn was unusually quiet as he read the Lock Haven Express. In fact, Grover was so quiet some thought he might be feeling poorly. Grover just sat, arms outstretched, holding the Express wide open in front of him. Suddenly, Grover peeked over the top of the newspaper. "It says here," he began........
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About the Book
The second book in a series, "Grover Always Said" tells the reader more about the life and times of Grover Cleveland Walborn, the premier story teller in Michaelville, PA during the author's childhood and young adulthood. Although Grover lived and died in the house he was in which he was born, and everyone in and around Michaelville knew him, there was an air of mystery about the man. "Grover Always Said" attempts to solve some of the mystery.
About the Author
Bob Hull grew up on a dairy farm near Michaelville, PA. Grover Cleveland Walborn was the best of many good story tellers that the author listened to as a child and young adult. In "Grover Always Said," Bob Hull tells some of Grover's stories, and he tells his own stories the way he believes Grover would tell them. After attending Lock Haven University, Hull enlisted in the U.S. Army. He retired from the Army on 6 September 1984.