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When Faced with a tragedy or circumstances that seem insurmountable, we can either bury our heads in the sand or stand up and face those daunting events. This is my journey through the loss of a child and how I was able to fight my way back to me.

Life in a post war, small Indiana town through the eyes of a child. Memories of those who influenced that child and the many adventures that shaped a young boy. Simpler times and life style and how life unfolded to a little boy. Photographs of paintings by the author are included in the book. Funny, nostalgic and sometimes a melancholy remembrance of a young life.

'WE'RE NOT CRAZY, WE'RE IRISH' is a riveting and true story about three generations of the author's maternal Irish-American extended family, beginning with a young teenage elopement in the year 1902 and continuing throughout the Twentieth Century. Seasoned with a generous amount of Irish wit and vintage photos of the actual characters and eras portrayed, it provides a firsthand look into the complex world of evolving Irish-American family relations and social standings as they begin to further distance themselves from their 'Old World' legacies. With ample doses of triumph and tragedy, laughter and lament and cautionary tales, the reader will be taken on a fast-paced and dizzying ride th ...

This is the story of the author and his family, and the thousands who worked on the E. Clemens Horst Company Hop Ranch. The story parallels the documented history of events on the ranch that impacted the author’s life and the lives of residents in the small town of Independence, Oregon. Interwoven throughout the story are never seen before photographs from the author’s family archives, along with other historical photographs. The narrative roughly follows the chronological sequence of raising hops from early spring planting through the end of harvest in September.