The Back 40

<p>Recalling an early upbringing in rural Illinois the author relates the natural and academic influences on his philosophy beginning as a boy including hunting trapping farming and living in a small Midwestern community. The people places and events characteristic of small town life are recalled with a flair toward humor and an appreciation of times less hectic. Saturday night fish-fry gatherings oiling the local streets hunting gathering natural resources a myriad of other events comprising the fabric of small-town life intertwine in a story of individual development.</p>