This book is about the times and the people who lived during World War II. About life in small town mid-America: the schoolhouse, the grocery stores, the barber shop, the taverns, and the characters. Particularly, it is about the people and what life was like during the war. Like the soldiers who fought in WWII, the people who grew up then are also slipping away, and these are their stories. Those times may well mark the zenith of American greatness, not only politically and economically, but also spiritually. We had both religious and patriotic spirituality, a nation populated with churches, a nation that had sent its young men around the world twice in the twentieth century, in the name of freedom for others. It was a nation of goodness, of strong families, a time we are not likely to ever see again. This book is about that time, stories that should be told, stories our children and grandchildren need to hear. About the Author The author was eight years old, living in a small Iowa town when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It was before television, fast food did not exist, no drive-thru, no Internet, no cell phones, no huge shopping malls, no air conditioning, wall phones only, and no drugs. He was the fourth child in a family with seven children, a family lucky enough to have had a mother who insisted on belonging to the Book-of-the-Month Club, whether or not there was money for food. When the author left home they had yet to install running water, but were wired for electricity and boasted a rebuilt Philco radio. The Author has previously published, "Ben Franklin & the Prius," where a reincarnated Ben Franklin sets out in a black Prius to determine whether, all are created equal, and the pursuit of happiness, have any meaning in the 21st century. The book is available on Amazon.com.