Poverty and war form the historical backdrop for a stunningly sweet and joyous account of one boy’s youth in wild and unusual places. The Indian communities of the 1930s and ’40s in the Klamath Mountains. The small railroad towns in California’s Central Valley during the Depression. These are the places that hold rich stories of life and times now almost forgotten. Except in the memories of a boy who experienced the adventure of living them. As the only white boy in an all-Indian school, young Paul Jennings developed strong relationships with his Native American classmates and neighbors. Those friendships produced sometimes bizarre, always character-shaping experiences Paul would never forget. An unexpected move threw Paul into a new set of circumstances that spawned his lively true stories of innocence in the time of the Depression, the historic migration of the “Okies” from the Dust Bowl in the Midwest to California’s agricultural fields, and World War II. Thanks to his family’s unshakable faith in God, Paul survived and thrived in challenging times that shaped a generation. Paul Jennings was born in 1930 on a remote Indian reservation in Northern California where his parents were Christian missionaries. After an unusual and exciting early life living among the Indians, and part of his grammar school years living during the Depression years in California's Central Valley, he went on to a successful 30-year career in education as a teacher, coach and administrator in both public and Christian schools. He holds California Lifetime Teaching and Administrative credentials.