Meet the newest addition to Robert Luther and Addie Poe Sledge's family, living in Bowieville, by Bowie Lake, near Bay City Texas. The newcomer to the group is a little spitfire! Get to know Olive May, a petite, quiet American homesteader whose life is anything but trivial. Travel with her through early homestead experiences in Texas County, Oklahoma, to setup a life-long, successful farming experience. Feel the tragedy of the horrific January 1924 incident which spins this Hicks family into deepest sadness.
Learn about the invention of Play-Doh, that oh-so-fun-gooey-tactile invention. Move along with Addie Poe and Robert Sledge across the tumultuous stages of life that change their world and their children's outcomes in the South-Central U.S.
Meet Lala Umberhaun Killingsworth, whose family will accustom to life in the growing populous of the Texas Panhandle. They will learn new methods to withstand the brutal Texas summer heat, the delight of fishing in local rivers, and the spectacle of 'worm grunting'.
Observe the spectacular 1946 Fourth of July celebration with the Hicks, Sledge, Killingsworth, Upshaw, Williams families, and the doctors' group. Meetup once again at Tryon's Hicks Hotel where dear friends Emma Rhodes and George Hicks staked their claim in the 1891Oklahoma Land Run. Who will win the hotdog eating contest at this boisterous and well-attended event?
As Olive May, Addie, and Lala traverse forward with these strong-willed family members and extended family friends, they each learn to cope once again with a new generation of childbirths, war-time deaths, winter storms, and extenuating survival methods.
Time moves on. The twentieth century is changing at lightning speed with world wars and wars for the soul. What will tomorrow bring? Olive May, Addie, and Lala must present a united front for each of their family members in the never-dull moments ahead!
