STORIES OF A BOY’S LIFE
Adventures Growing Up in the 1940’s
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It is summer in the land of sand hills and pine trees of South Arkansas and the temperature is in the nineties with comparable humidity. The dirt roads are dusty and the creeks are nearly dry. It has been weeks since the last rain. At a time before air-conditioning, life slows to a crawl and everyone does as little as possible. Ice tea is the drink of choice and evenings are spent on the front porch talking to neighbors while children play chase in the front yard. As darkness falls and crickets begin chirping as lightening bugs start their nightly vigil, adults realize that it is time to wash off the kids and turn in because morning comes early.
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These stories are accounts of the adventures of young boys growing up in the 1940's. Summers were spent on Dry Creek fishing, swimming, camping-out and generally exploring the surrounding woods. It was a time when parents didn't worry about their kids and the boys had long days of almost complete freedom. A group of four boys had adventures dealing with an escaped convect, encountering racial segregation, waging a conflict with new boys that moved into the area and solving a murder. Through these events the boys were gaining maturity and learning much about life and morals that served them well in later years.