In The Dark Days of October, Floyd F. Clark vividly recounts with candor and compassion some of the most painful memories that have left their indelible mark on his life. From those poverty-ridden, childhood days of the Depression, he carries his reader through the struggles of a teenager trying to obtain a quality education in pursuit of his dream--to become a writer or teacher; and, of the personal pleasures forfeited in adulthood...as...