Hopscotch

by Mr. Donald L. Ball

Hopscotch is the story of my life with a few side trips. I called the book Hopscotch because the family moved so much. The Great Depression along with family miss steps are troublesome memories. This is the true story of my life fighting my way in and out of boom towns with only a slightly dysfunctional family. Moving to each new job became a way of life in the country near towns like Cromwell, Pharoah, Beggs, Chandler, Ada Fittstown and many more Oklahoma towns. Oil field work was hard and dangerous for my father but all of the moves also cause big trouble for the family. I was the procuct of a broken home for a year but the hard lessons of the depression drove the family back together. After the reconciliation it was a compromise marriage, but I remember a youth filled with adventures hunting, fishing, and sailing. Although my dad had a good job most of the time, the depression caused the family to work hard gathering food at every opportunity. My brother Paul and I picked berries on the halves and shook peanuts for fifteen cents an hour. Schools were really great with a lot of music, but we still had to avoid the schoolyard bullies. We could see a horse opera movie for a dime, if you had one. Fishing was free and hunting rabbits became an art form. There were medicine shows and rodeos that were free or at least cheep. I told the story in detail about me growing up during the Dust Bowl and finally going to college with a life in the Navy, oilfield, and teaching. It will take the reader back to a time lost but not forgotten. I hope everyone will enjoy HOPSCHOCH.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515109542
• ISBN13: 9781515109549
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"