Growing Up In Rural Florida

About the Book

Here, readers will witness how it is like to live in a rural area, where life remains simple amidst the modern world. Martin begins by introducing a few essential things in rural Florida, such as cow whips. Used to drive cattle, a cow whip is part of a cowboy’s work tools. Anyone who could really work one was something special. Where there are cowboys, there are also horses and saddles, and the author shares how he and his brother yearned to have one in their youth. He also takes readers on Florida summers and fi shing trips, where some of his most treasured childhood memories took place. From remembering the chickens at their backyard, hot peppers as staple condiments, hunting trips, holiday food, family, and more, Martin gives readers a nostalgic feeling of familiarity and memories of home. Growing Up In Rural Florida is not only a book that features culture, but also encourages people to look back at their own past and relive moments as if it were yesterday.

About the Author

Born in Michigan Valley, Kansas on 13 January 1939, raised in Polk and Orange County Florida; attended Fern Creek Elementary School, Memorial and Howard Middle Schools and Edgewater High School. Graduated from Rollins College with a BS in General Studies, and Regis University with an MBA in Business. Worked for 38 years at Martin Marietta, now Lockheed Martin, 8 years with IBM and 7 years as a private consultant with Technigraphics. I wrote these chronicles to preserve some of the events of my early life and the oral lore shared by my mother and father and uncles. I wanted future generations to have a glimpse of how our family lived in the earlier years of their existence. Hopefully this will preserve the events of the past for the next generations.