I've done a good bit of genealogy in my time but I never heard stories quite as detailed as this! I can't imagine what would bring a family from the Quebec, Canada area to central Nebraska. I was shocked to learn that this story belonged to his grandfather in 1878, just 11 years after Nebraska became a state. That was certainly a different time and place from today!
I am honored to say that I know this author...well, I've known him through our local library group where his stories never fail to peak our interest and make us think! His memories from those long ago days are so clear! I'm 20 years younger and I don't have anywhere near the memory he does.
He says in the beginning of the book that "in an era when television and cell phone were not available, our family developed a strong tradition of storytelling" and that as the family gathered over the years, even though most had heard the stories before, they laughed as each new generation heard them. As time went on, he decided that he wanted to preserve those stories for future generations and so he began to write them down.
Don't think for a minute that this is just for his family or even his neighbors who also played a part over the years. These stories, or ones like them, could be told by most of our ancestors of those days (if they were still alive to tell them). They were hard times for most people. Len manages to teach without teaching, making you feel what he was feeling then and even now, in hindsight...and you are likely to see yourself in some of these "characters" from his real life.
I don't know if faith was as common back then as what he experienced in his home but he still seems to see things through those same "faith-tinted glasses" that his childhood taught him. What an amazing attitude in the midst of such hard times! If you're in need of some inspiration, I think you'll find it here. I know I sure did!
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