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Innocent Romance, exciting adventure, and true family values
This story is centered around two friends, Joshua Kincaid, and Harold “Hog” Baker, who are sons of Kansas wheat farmers. Their family farms are within a couple miles from each other’s, and both are third generation deep with tradition.
It is circa the mid 60’s, when the United States was on the verge of anarchy from social unrest; with a new generation whose mantra was, “Don’t trust anyone over thirty!”
Many were involved with anti-government rallies, which coincided with the anti-war movement. They were opposed to the Vietnam War which spawned “The hippy”. This sub-culture’s phrase was, “Make Love Not War!”, and they followed Dr. Timothy Leary’s beliefs, their generation needed to “Turn On, Tune In and Drop Out!”
All this, combined with the Equal Rights movement spear headed by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., had the entire nation at a crossroads.
The two friends, Josh and Hog, were somewhat out of the loop with most of the nation’s unrest, mainly because of their social distance; their families farms were located on the outskirts or the small city of Great Bend, Kansas, named for its location at the historic big bend of the Arkansas River. Their days were filled with the everyday routine of farm life, and buffered from anything outside their small city, farm lives.
This story takes these two young men, along with their friends, from the innocence of their teens years, to when they are thrust into Vietnam battle fields, and finally to their adulthood.
Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 370 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Dec 21, 2012)
ISBN10: 1478714387
ISBN13: 9781478714385
Genre: FICTION / Romance / Erotica
I was born in Ohio, and raised in a Christian home, by a loving mother and father. I have one sister, who lives in South Carolina;I have two sons, the oldest living in Florida and the younger living in Ohio.
My passion for writing began in the 7th grade, when our literature class was given book report assignment. It was then when I first thought of trying my hand at writing, and wrote a small story about outer space. It was chosen as best in my class for originality and fictional content. My writings, over the years, have not been published, however, after positive feedback from family and friends, who had read my work,I decided to make the attempt, which is this novel.
I would be remiss in not thanking the personnel at the Great Bend, Kansas Library, for the historical information I requested.
I would also like to thank my BCFF, for all the “cheer leading” support and keeping the fire lit within me! 
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