A retired anthropologist, Dr. Nixon lives and writes in Southern California, a region known for cultural and linguistic variation. Vocational interests include history, archaeology, linguistics, an...view moreA retired anthropologist, Dr. Nixon lives and writes in Southern California, a region known for cultural and linguistic variation. Vocational interests include history, archaeology, linguistics, and the Old West. His approach to writing includes humanistic elements imbedded by a strong education and an occasional professional venture into local history. In The Back 40, he returns to his roots in Central Illinois to tell the story of his small hometown during the 1950s.view less