Stories of Civil Bend

Stories of Civil Bend is a charming memoir of a lost time; rural farm life in northern Missouri during the Great Depression and World War II before electricity and running water with one room school houses and a sense of community that is sadly a thing of the past. The author Lee Roy Bruner the youngest from a family of 15 children captures in a series of honest heartwarming stories what it means or at least used to mean to be raised well: It's all about growing up right. Anyone interested in Americana or rural life in early 20th century America will be well rewarded by reading these stories.