Stories From My Life: Earl Alonzo Winn

By Earl A Winn

Through language one can direct thoughts into the past, into remote places, and, as this book does, into a piece of farm life in the middle of the 1900s. Born in the western part of Uintah County, Utah, in the small town of Independence, Earl describes his life through stories. Life was difficult for the families there and for the community, but they made the best of hard work and play. Facing the challenges of the desert created a strong sense of responsibility and stewardship. If they were to survive the land and nature, they had to manage their homes and farms while learning quickly. On a broader level, this boy, this young man, looks back at a culture where family name was important, where deals were made with a handshake, and where traditions of life and culture were shared by the community. It reaches back to a time when the values of a farm life had not yet begun to deteriorate into industrial farming technology at the encouragement of the federal government a few decades later. There are stories about a boy discovering the world, about the wonders of love, and about the binding agent between beings and things. Life has a precious joy. Part of that is the fight, the learning, and much that lives in a reminiscent state while trying to hold onto reality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1723039683
• ISBN13: 9781723039683
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"