| About the Book
The work was hard,
but the rewards many. Each member of the family participated,
depending on age and physical ability. Working “socials” for
threshing, butchering, and making apple butter brought families
together in the tight-knit community.
This is a nostalgic
look at growing up during the Depression on an Amish family
farm—without electricity, central heating, a telephone, or a car. But
in 1934, when Will Troyer’s parents become Mennonites, he discovers
the joys of owning some of these conveniences—including the wild ride
he and his siblings take in the back seat of the Model A Ford as their
father races around a soybean field in his first attempt to drive the
mechanical monster.
Runaway horses, winter
blizzards, and the pleasures of caring for livestock, pets and a pony
are all treasured memories, as well as the tales of neighborhood
characters, swimming in Wildcat Creek and Halloween pranks.
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