Reviews
- Jeannette C. Velasquez, Hollister, CA“I just started my third reading of this book; I concluded that I would like to see a sequel. I first met the Hughart family at our one room school in Panoche Valley in San Benito County, California in 1963. I met them again through their travels in Ron’s book. You will enjoy and grow to love reading this book about the Hugharts. It will take you with them on their travels though California looking for work. A young boy grows ...
- Dan Roche (Exeter, CA USA)Teachers looking for migrant biographies will find this book an excellent resource. Ron Hughart writes in a comfortable “talkative” style. He makes the reader ponder his own life and how events shape the way one sees the world. The reader may also wince a time or two pondering the lasting effects of childhood labels like “sissy,” “sickly” or “retarded.” The book is a unique mixture of sad and happy moments. But it is mainly a story of how the human ...