Phantom of the Frog Hop

Between the covers of this book are a novelette, three short, Short Stories plus nine shorter anecdotal narratives of modest size. A few of these shorter pieces describe interesting people and events we deem worthy of sharing. Most document some experiences or observations that chronicle glimpses of our life and times in 20th Century America. Having been sheltered the first two decades of my life in tiny Rushville, Missouri… (though since 1960 my wife and I have lived in Shenandoah, Iowa.) I was, in a sense, tempered, perhaps touched, by serving in combat in World War II. Therefore some of these shorter subjects are personal travel sojourns, or in a broader context, perhaps, life adventures that my family and I have lived and often cherished. So I am driven to share these times, illustrating my interpretation, of these personalities or moments. All four of the longer expositions in the beginning of this book are, largely, products of my imagination.