Bruce C Smith has worked as a handyman, farmer, plumber, painter, laborer, researcher, writer, orchardist, teacher, and professor. He has built homesteads and orchards five times in two states. He ...view moreBruce C Smith has worked as a handyman, farmer, plumber, painter, laborer, researcher, writer, orchardist, teacher, and professor. He has built homesteads and orchards five times in two states. He met many interesting people along the way. The characters in this book speak the wisdom and love of many of those people.
His philosophy is that when we encounter wise and virtuous people it is best to observe them and collect their insights to add to our own.
He is the author of The War Comes to Plum Street, awarded Best Non-fiction Book of 2005 by the Indiana Center For The Book. He is the creator of SmithHand Writing Methods, a manuscript and cursive handwriting program. This is his first novel.view less