This book portrays the life of the great King David from a first person viewpoint. Thus it enables the reader to see the life and times of King David as though he were on the scene. It paints a verbal portrait of King David in a "warts and all" way, that is, it tells of his strengths and weaknesses. Some of the high points in his life, such as slaying the giant Goliath, his sin of adultery with the beautiful Bathsheba, fleeing from the army of his rebellious son Absalom, are vividly portrayed from his own viewpoint. This book is designed to enable the reader to understand how King David became known as a "man after God's own heart."

This is a simple saga of the twists and turns in the life of a farm boy. Depicted through his eyes are such world disturbing events as the "great depression" and World War II. It tells of that farm boy's disappointments through the journey of life and reveals how the "Higher Power" overshadowing him turned those disappointments into blessings. Through the author's eyes we get glimpses of how life was lived on a farm in the early part of the twentieth century. It tells of the simple joys experienced by those living the rural way of life. It tells about life in a one-room school with one's mother as the teacher. It tells of the struggles of young people in their effort to get an education. Through the eyes of that farm boy one gets a close view of the horrors encountered on the battlefield. It tells of a marriage that "could not work."but did. It tells of life in the minister's manse and the view of church life from the other side of the pulpit. Also, it tells of the joy of encountering the different cultures experienced through travel in other parts of the world. It speaks of how life at the end of the trail can be the most difficult of all of life's encounters.

The setting of this novel centers around the period of the Civil War. It tells the story of a spoiled, head strong young lady who was determined to have her way at all costs. Her run-away marriage was for the purpose of defying her mother rather than for true love. It tells the high price that she, Rosetta, paid as a result of her defiance. It describes life as lived in the south during that period of history. It depicts the hardships suffered by both soldiers and civilians during the "war between the states." It tells of Rosetta's life and death struggle for the survival of herself and her children. It describes the depth of poverty to which she sank in that struggle. Finally, when all hope for survival was gone she was literally brought to her knees. Only then did she humble herself before her Creator and Lord and ask for His help. God opened her eyes to an awareness that there was help all around her. It recounts her near death experience at the hands of a person from her past. It tells of happiness that came into her life because of another person from her past. He referred to her as a "lady of steel."

Suddenly in the rather sleepy small city of Slidetown there occur in rapid succession three major "happenings," all of a very suspicious nature. Failing in his effort to solve these cases, the Chief of Police seeks the help of a "high powered" detective from New York City. The detective offers two weeks of his time in which to solve the three cases. Using an odd method in endeavoring to find the solution, he almost succeeds only to realize that the two weeks he allotted to these three cases is fast slipping by. He begins to despair of finding the solution within the time frame when suddenly from a most unlikely source he finds the solution to all three mysterious cases.

Suddenly in the rather sleepy small city of Slidetown there occur in rapid succession three major "happenings," all of a very suspicious nature. Failing in his effort to solve these cases, the Chief of Police seeks the help of a "high powered" detective from New York City. The detective offers two weeks of his time in which to solve the three cases. Using an odd method in endeavoring to find the solution, he almost succeeds only to realize that the two weeks he allotted to these three cases is fast slipping by. He begins to despair of finding the solution within the time frame when suddenly from a most unlikely source he finds the solution to all three mysterious cases.

This book portrays the life of the great King David from a first person viewpoint. Thus it enables the reader to see the life and times of King David as though he were on the scene. It paints a verbal portrait of King David in a "warts and all" way, that is, it tells of his strengths and weaknesses. Some of the high points in his life, such as slaying the giant Goliath, his sin of adultery with the beautiful Bathsheba, fleeing from the army of his rebellious son Absalom, are vividly portrayed from his own viewpoint. This book is designed to enable the reader to understand how King David became known as a "man after God's own heart."

In the period following the horrors and hardships of World War II there was a hardy group of citizens living in a small village known as Chesterville, a suburb of Tupelo, Mississippi. It was a period in which its citizens were playing "catch up" from the trials and tribulations of the preceding era, a "catch up" both mentally and economically. The war had taken its toll on the life style of the good citizens of the little village, citizens who prior the World War II had been struggling to recoup a more comfortable life style following the Civil War, a war in which some of its battles had been fought at the very doorstep of the small community. The prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages had brought into being a new life style in big cities such as New York and Chicago, a life style which came to be called the "Roaring Twenties." That could not in any sense of the word refer to life in Chesterville where the lifestyle was far from being exciting. Oh, to be sure, prohibition had given rise to illicit whiskey stills and bootleg liquor, but it had little effect on most citizens of that area. In the afterglow of the past two wars the citizens of Chesterville were struggling to pull themselves up by their bootstraps economically speaking. Hard work in the fields and in the mills was a way of life. Deprivation of luxuries was a part of that way of life even before the crash of the stock market in 1929. From that day forward the economic struggle was intensified. This volume lists and describes the residents of Chesterville during that period, citizens who had a profound effect on the author during his boyhood days. It speaks of the religious, social and political life of the citizens of the village. Although the author of this book has traveled in time and miles far from his early life in the village of Chesterville, in his mind and heart he still thinks of it as "home." He will love it until his dying day.

The setting of this novel centers around the period of the Civil War. It tells the story of a spoiled, head strong young lady who was determined to have her way at all costs. Her run-away marriage was for the purpose of defying her mother rather than for true love. It tells the high price that she, Rosetta, paid as a result of her defiance. It describes life as lived in the south during that period of history. It depicts the hardships suffered by both soldiers and civilians during the "war between the states." It tells of Rosetta's life and death struggle for the survival of herself and her children. It describes the depth of poverty to which she sank in that struggle. Finally, when all hope for survival was gone she was literally brought to her knees. Only then did she humble herself before her Creator and Lord and ask for His help. God opened her eyes to an awareness that there was help all around her. It recounts her near death experience at the hands of a person from her past. It tells of happiness that came into her life because of another person from her past. He referred to her as a "lady of steel."