Calvin Bowden is a retired Supervising U.S. Probation Officer from the Southern District of Texas. Following military service in WWII, he obtained B.A. degree with sociology major and went to work with Juvenile Delinquency Department, Houston. He then worked as a state parole officer for 8 years before being employed as U.S. Probation Officer. While doing that, he obtained M.A. with Criminal Corrections major. Since retiring he has written newspaper columns, some of which are included in this book. Wanting to tell of his experiences as a poor farm boy during the Great Depression and while working as a probation officer, he started writing novels, writing three, Voices From a Far Field, Showdown on the Frio and Outrage in a Small Town.