Cloud of Expectation

Cloud Of Expectation:American Classic In The Making. Summer Baseball And Ricky Nelson . . . The Fi Rst Stirrings Of Rock N Roll On The Radio . . . Bicycles Soda Pop And Puberty On The Way . . . Kids Suspended Between The Farm World The Town World And The Great World.. Therell Be No More Books Like This Because Times As They Say Have Changed. Take It As A Gift From Way-Back-Then To Now; Or A Critic Might Call It The Lasttrain From Mayberry.. An Accomplished Lyrical Vision Of A Locality Over Several Generations. --- Kirkus Reviews. I So Enjoyed Your Fi Rst Book --- I Couldnt Put It Down!--- Gertrude Barnstone. Rich With Personal And Historical Detail And Sparkling With Clear And Concisediction The Book Succeeds In Revealing The Bygone Small-Town Life Not Onlyof Arkansas But Also . . . Of An Earlier And Simpler America As Well. --- Larry D. Thomas2008 Texas Poet Laureate