<p>Erma Peirson reflects on her early life beginning in the late 1890's to the late 1940's through a collection of life stories. Beginning as a Country School student to her high school graduation and later as a pioneer teacher in a one room school house. She tells of her tenderfoot sisters Mojave adventures. After her marriage in 1922 she became a rancher with her husband in Madera CA. The stories end with Mojave family experiences during World War Two and describing the introduction of the Television to her family home.</p>