Crunching Gravel

by Robert Louis Peters

The author, a poet and critic, looks back on scenes from his harsh childhood on a Wisconsin farm during the Depression

122 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1988

Reviews

[Peggy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast enjoyable book about an average boy growing up in an average loving family. Times that appear now to have been so simple.....were not always so easy. This family, as many others of the thirties had very little money and worked hard to have provisions for a long Wis winter. This book evoked so many memories of stories I remember my parents, aunts and uncles talking about. To think the Amish in our area still harvest ice in this manner, makes me realize history is not that long ago.

[Mills College Library]

Biog P483p 1988