Ross McSwain, a native Texan, grew up in the Texas heartland and traveled the area as a working newspaperman for nearly four decades. A resident of San Angelo, Texas, since 1959, he is a retired award-winning journalist, freelance writer and author of eight non-fiction books about his beloved West Texas, its people, places and things of interest. This memoir features stories about past interviews, jobs, international travel, growing up during the East Texas oil boom and the Great Depression of the 1930s, the hectic years of World War II, ranching during the 1950s drought, his ancestry and experiencing tragedy firsthand.