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Margie House Neal
I grew up on a chicken ranch in the small town described in the story, and I began writing the book when I was a high school student. Classmates to this day remember me carrying around extra notebo...view moreI grew up on a chicken ranch in the small town described in the story, and I began writing the book when I was a high school student. Classmates to this day remember me carrying around extra notebooks with my story. But when I went off to college the book was all but forgotten. Then I got married and the next twenty years were busy with jobs and with raising three children. Recently I attended my 50th High School Reunion, and some of my friends asked if I'd ever finished the book. Since I was retired by then, I gave some thought to rewriting. I located the old manuscript in a box in the garage, and dusted it off. It was 300 pages, some typed and some in longhand. I used much of the story content that had been written back then, but did a good deal of re-writing. The best thing about the old manuscript was that all the memories were there, with all the details. I also had my diaries from that time, my mother's diary which described life on the farm, old high school newspapers, and a few articles from our town newspaper. All those references proved to be very helpful.view less