Tales of a Preacher's Brood

<p><strong>Tales of a Preacher's Brood: </strong>Rural Central Wisconsin in the 1950s and 60s: a by-gone era when country kids worked long and hard and played even harder and where there were still optimistic hints of Huck Finn and the Swiss Family Robinson in their lives. For the large Alwin family the days also contained harsh lessons learned straight out of <em>The Grapes of Wrath</em> with a dose of thought-provoking drama.</p><p> </p><p>Take a huge growing family out of Milwaukee plant them in tumbling-down rural parsonages in country churches sprinkle them with adventures at home and as loaners to local and far-away families water them with genuine pride and responsibility laughter empathy maybe even with tears and see what grows. The Alwins are a close-knit band of preacher's kids sixteen siblings raised in rural Wisconsin poverty. These are the signature events that molded refined and shaped them to become doctors lawyers educators social workers one noble felon and an honest-to-goodness All-American Hero.</p><p> </p><p>The tales brim with the innocent joy and glee of brothers and sisters sharing camaraderie and imagination with the drama and tragedy of conflict deprivation and a stubborn distain for normal. Simply put these are stories you will never forget.</p>