Saddle up for a memoir filled with adventure, history, and family stories from the American heartland. There are accounts of famous World War II battles, Mary and the women of the 1940s important roles in the war effort that created the suburbs of America, Nellie’s bold career as a highly esteemed Harvey House girl, Eva’s struggles as a divorced mother in the Great Depression, Glen’s death defying job in 1966-1967 to ferry (fly) a bi-plane across the Atlantic to Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and finally my childhood memories of life on a ranch showing the sometimes shocking poverty and toughness of children in rural America.