Johnny Hoosier began as a novel but soon became a true life adventure as it very quickly was apparent that the true story was what needed to be said. There have been numerous Johnny Hoosiers in addition to those in this story but all their stories are worthwhile. It is a compelling recantation of the varied and numerous lessons learned growing up in the heartland of America during the 1940's and 1950's. It very well could have taken place in numerous Midwestern cities or even Southern states. It did occur, however, in Delaware County, Indiana, and in and around Muncie, the county seat. Parents and their offspring will find the Lessons Learned to be invaluable in the development of today's youngsters. It is a good checklist in assuring that our youngsters develop into mature, compassionate and fully contributing adults.Please use it that way. From athletic lessons to lessons learned in everyday living, we are entertained as we revisit our past. If you enjoy revisiting athletics from your youth or need guidance as a parent, this is a formidable road map for every growing youngster. All the Lessons Learned are derived from real life experiences. Some are humerous, others are not. After your first read, keep us around and refer to our Lessons Learned frequently. And, be sure to pass these messages along.

There were three witnesses to swear that only Gregory Drake could have been in the back room with Maysie Grey when she was strangled to death. Even Randolph Lee, Drake's defense counsel, thought that his client was guilty. It took two more murders to wake Lee up, to show him that the only way he himself could survive was to track down the killer, before the killer found him... First published in 1947.

During the last half of the twentieth century, the United States of America was a place where dreams were fulfilled, racial tensions were lessened and the world knew no other nation so powerful. In 2015, however, after substantial slippage on all societal fronts in the US, ten young men left college for careers of their choice. They, like some before them, and many that followed, were major participants in the disintegration of the greatest nation in the history of the world. One would become a US Congressman, ome an attorney specializing in environmental liability, another was simply a working stiff who sired ten offspring but never married, yet another would become a major hip-hop player, another ran his own international trade company, one was a major agent for the US Immigration Service, another a petroleum futures trader, one a journalist, one who owed and ran a retail gun shop, and finally, one a minister. We watch their self-serving decisions and are astounded at their failure to exhibit the first ounce of principles which made our country great. From their travels, actions and deeds of these few we come face to face with what was to be the downfall of America.

Johnny Hoosier began as a novel but soon became a true life adventure as it very quickly was apparent that the true story was what needed to be said. There have been numerous Johnny Hoosiers in addition to those in this story but all their stories are worthwhile. It is a compelling recantation of the varied and numerous lessons learned growing up in the heartland of America during the 1940's and 1950's. It very well could have taken place in numerous Midwestern cities or even Southern states. It did occur, however, in Delaware County, Indiana, and in and around Muncie, the county seat. Parents and their offspring will find the Lessons Learned to be invaluable in the development of today's youngsters. It is a good checklist in assuring that our youngsters develop into mature, compassionate and fully contributing adults.Please use it that way. From athletic lessons to lessons learned in everyday living, we are entertained as we revisit our past. If you enjoy revisiting athletics from your youth or need guidance as a parent, this is a formidable road map for every growing youngster. All the Lessons Learned are derived from real life experiences. Some are humerous, others are not. After your first read, keep us around and refer to our Lessons Learned frequently. And, be sure to pass these messages along.