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The Kid Looks Back-Short Stories & Tall Tales
The Kid Looks Back-Short Stories & Tall Tales
The Kid Looks Back-Short Stories & Tall Tales
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The Kid Looks Back-Short Stories & Tall Tales

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The Kid Looks Back is a collection of sixty-eight stories that cover a wide range of topics. I hope that his book will be a gentle hiding place where you can go to get away from something, return to something or go where you have never been. Some of these stories are true. Others are factually true, although bit embellished. Others are outright fabrications. Most look back to a kinder, mellower time.

Digging for worms, swimming in a pond, using an outhouse or wading in a river may bring gross evaluations from our urbanized cousins. I hope that this book introduces them to life with a smile. Most of the stories have a message. Many are simply humorous. Entertainment is the motive. Carefree is the mood. Try to find yourself within these pages. May the beak of reality crack your comfort shell.

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LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateJul 12, 2011
ISBN9781463408466
The Kid Looks Back-Short Stories & Tall Tales
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Ritchie R. Moorhead

Ritchie R. Moorhead is a retired industrial arts (shop) teacher, photographer and freelance writer. A graduate of Nescopeck High School in Pennsylvania, he holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Millersville University. His active lifestyle provided the time to do the research for this book.

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