Brown County Stories

Some Personal Recollections

by George Monroe


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 11/29/2004

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 186
ISBN : 9781420805734
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : E-Book
Page Count : 186
ISBN : 9781420805741

About the Book

BROWN COUNTY STORIES

Some Personal Recollections

 

The purpose of this book is to share some of the fun and interesting things that happened when I was growing up in Brown County.  The stories offered here were told to my five daughters around campfires and at many bedtime sessions as they were growing up.  They requested that I tell them over and over again.  They heard these stories, and many others like them, so many times they said they felt like they actually grew up with Cobweb, and Virgil, and Hazel, and Sis, and Bobby, and Stretch.  After many retellings I was once obliged to let my youngest daughter know that I had told her everything I could remember, or even make up.  To which she replied, “OK then, just start over.”

 

The various accounts of these uncommon experiences were reinforced for my daughters when they visited their grandmother who lived in Nashville, the County Seat of Brown County, and were able to explore the territory where they took place. All of these stories are based on things that actually happened to me and other live people in the good old days in Brown County.  They are as true as creative memory will allow.


About the Author

GEORGE E. MONROE, PH.D. grew up in the town of Nashville in Brown County, Indiana.  After graduating from college, he returned for three years to teach sixth grade and serve as the local Scoutmaster.  He then moved to the big city and traveled to many places in the world.  However, a part of him has always been rooted in the unique environs of his youth.  He currently lives with his wife, Merle, in Evanston, Illinois.