Howard Charlesworth and Elsie Williams Charlesworth both grew up on small farms in Western New York during the Great Depression and World War II. They candidly and humorously discuss farm life, attending one-room schoolhouses, eccentric family members and neighbors, and attending High School during World War II.The authors give the reader a picture of what life was like growing up on a farm in the nineteen thirties and the early forties. This period in America was perhaps the most difficult portion of the twentieth century for the American people due to the Great Depression and World War II.