The author of this small book was born in Vinita, Oklahoma and at the age of three was put in a car with a brother, being six, and the car was driven to Richland, WA. When there with only what could be brought in the car, the father known by his friends as Shorty, was told that the promised home in Richland was not completed yet. For whatever reason, the family ended up living in a good size tent with a wood floor on the bank of the Columbia River...