The Boys in the Brazos River Bottom

Mumford, Texas, the summer of '69. Matt Ruggirello believes he is doomed to enter the farming life, just like everyone else in his family. Josh, his middle brother, wants nothing more than Papa's approval. While little brother Tommy observes all the happenings in and around the Ruggirello family home of Three Pecans, a nickname christened by the three brothers.

Yet Matt receives news that could take him away from the cotton fields and into the big city. The obstacle in the way is Papa, whos...