A Milestone Day

A Milestone Day Takes Place In St. Louis Mo. And Covers One Day In The Life Of Three Young Boys And A Few Colorful Peripheral Characters As Well. It Takes Place In The Late Summer Of 1957 A Beautiful Time To Be Alive With Flashback Chapters For Each Of The Three Main Characters And Events Significant To Their Character Development. The Basic Theme Of A Milestone Day Is How Much Trouble Can Three Young Boys Get Into (And Hopefully Out Of) In A Single Day'S Adventures. The Book Is Geared To Be Most Enjoyable For Boys And Girls In The 11 - 15 Year Old Age Group But Is Really A Great Book For All Ages. The Era In Which The Book Takes Place Was A Great Time To Be Alive. It Was A Simpler Way Of Life Then. Most Neighborhoods Had Their Own Grocery Store Drugstore Shoe Repair Shop Delicatessen Etc. Just About Everything You Needed Then Was In Access Without Requiring A Vehicle. We Had Seasons Marked By The Burning Of Autumn Leaves Snow In The Winter And Long Very Hot Summers. The Summers Were Full Of Life - Bats In The Evenings Katydids And Crickets By The Thousands There Were Numerous Street Vendors - From The Local Hot Tamale Vendor With A Hand Cart To Long Vegetable Trucks With Every Conceivable Kind Of Fruit And Vegetable To Be Sold Right In Front Of Your House. It Was A Magical Era That Doesn'T Exist Today Replaced By Mega Malls Mega Stores Of Every Kind And A World Of Electronic Devices That Were Only Science Fiction At That Time. Given A Choice I Would Take Then Over Now Any Day.