It's Just Me, Gramma

About the Book

The trials, tragedies and miner triumphs of growing up on a southern farm in the 1920's, 1930's. It is the story of being the youngest of seven children, without a mother, tolerated by an indifferent father, overwhelmed by a dominant stepmother, but raised, cared for and protected from the time he was thirteen days old by a gentle and loving grandmother. It is the story of snake bites and whippings, of the ancestral home burning, but also of the love of a puppy and the pleasure of hunting and fishing with an older brother.

About the Author

Farmer, Marine, airplane pilot, soldier, public employee, real estate broker, photographer, author, organist, highlights in Jim’s careers. He abandoned farming to enlist in the Marine Corps. After discharge, he tried civilian life but found it dull. He joined the Army, from which he later retired. His second retirement came after sixteen year of public service, his third after twelve years in real estate. Since that time he has written for magazines and published two books; “MUMU!”, of his two years in the South Pacific in WWII, and “CASCADES EAST,” a book of color photographs of the Pacific Northwest.