Bridging Eight Decades; My Life Story -- A Memoir and More

About the Book

Like a wheat-weaving, this memoir weaves together many strands of interest – a boy growing up on a Kansas farm during the Great American Depression, an adolescent experiencing school in a mid-western town during WW II, a midshipman’s training in a Big Ten university, and a naval officer’s service during the Korean War, one person’s spiritual journey leading to 40 years as a United Methodist pastor, the joys and struggles of both individual and family life as it bridges eight decades of social and technological change. This book will appeal to young historians as its globe-trotting author relates his life to historic moments which have intersected it.

About the Author

Born days before the 1929 stock market crash, Harold E. Kieler grew up in Kansas during the depression, the dust bowl era and World War II. Following graduation at the University of Illinois he served 4 years in the navy during the Korean War. While completing two graduate professional degrees at Vanderbilt University, he married Lorine Martin and they raised three sons. During 40 years of service as a United Methodist minister leader, he participated in the civil rights struggles of the sixties and witnessed eight decades of technological and social revolutions.