From a Country Boy's View

About the Book

I don't guess too many people have heard of Clifton, Virginia. Least ways that's how it was when I lived there. Times do change though and what was may no longer be, and what is might not have been at all and vice versa or something like that. Our farm was about three miles out of town and our mailing address was Route 1, Box 214 Clifton so I guess we were residents. Mom used to refer to the town as "The Village" and I suppose it was, in fact, more of a village than a town. There were a total of five roads leadin' to Clifton and all five were posted with Corporate Limits signs, so I guess whether anyone had ever heard of it or not, the place did exist and that made it official. The truth of the matter is -five roads were leadin' into town but one of 'um just kept on goin' with a Corporate Limit sign on both ends - so it all depended on which way you were headin' as to how you counted the roads. www.countryboymikefoley.com

About the Author

Mike Foley lived the stories he is telling. With no points of reference other than the rural accoutrements of a farm and the lure of Mother Nature, this farm boy lived each day of his life with more enthusiasm than discretion. Nothing was too big and nothing was too small to grasp his young adventurous mind and spirit. From lighting a fire with a magnifying glass to catching a jar of lightning bugs and letting then go in the Fairfax movie theater -each day was something new and adventurous.

Mike attended W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia and is a graduate from the University of Georgia School of Journalism. The majority of his adult life was lived in and around Annapolis, Maryland.

Mike has two very handsome and successful sons, Mike Jr. and Patrick. It’s said that acorns don’t fall far from the oak and these young men are living examples. Mike currently lives in Eureka Springs, Arkansas with his loving wife Alice and today, although an adult, is no more than a continuation of that country boy -