Sixty-three atalesa relate the trials and tribulations of a young northern California farm boy doing his best to make sense out of life during the worrisome and troubling World War II years and the heady times that followed, told in the crusty vernacular of the day. Strong family ties and role model bonds become apparent as the wee lad blunders his way into his early teens. This is a warm, sensitive, and vivid accounting of a hard time in our nationas history, as seen through the eyes of a childa]recalled in the words of the man who lived it.