A GRANDFATHER'S GIFT: PAPAW'S LIFE AND TIMES IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI

This book is about my life experiences and also contains the stories I have heard my folks tell while sitting on the front porch after supper. For many years, my maternal grandfather lived with us. He and my dad would swap interesting stories about times when they were growing up and farming with oxen and mules. They talked about the “dummy line” railroads that ran through the forest near our home and told their childhood tales and many other stories I would long for later in life. I wanted...