Written by someone who has lived it, this first book by Ray B. Rogers brings home the unique culture of Western North Carolina during the Great Depression. From "Justifiable Homicide" (about chickens, naturally) to "The County Home," Ray tells it like it is, bringing the reader back to a time when folks worked harder, got along better, and lived closely with the environment. Some of the stories from Depression Baby: Nudity and Grand Theft on Richland Creek The Hog Spoon Every Boy Needed One Sorghum 'Lasses Copperheads and Mountain Medicine Maggie's Daughter and the Quilt of Many Colors The Necessary House The Picture on the Wall Hog Killing Day in the Mountains The Circle Of Rice