An Intimate History of My Adventures on Two Indian Reservations

This book provides an account of events in the author's life in the 1920's and 30's up to the early 40's. Older persons will find much that is familiar--references to cartoon strips, radio programs, and Shirley Temple movies. Younger persons may find out what it was like to live on two remote Indian Reservations; go to County Schools which accommodated four distinct classes in a single room; participate in spelling bees, declamatory contests, and recess games; swim naked in the local creek; butcher frogs, kill rattlesnakes; observe the effects of firewater and peyote on resident Indians; and in general find ways to entertain oneself before the age of television and the computer.