In Little Buddy's Shoes

A TRUE STORY BY THE AUTHOR WHO LIVED THROUGH THE DEPRESSION AS A CHILD. HIS EXPERIENCES AS A KID GROWING THROUGH THE HUNGRY THIRTIES ON WELFARE. HIS EARLY YEARS WERE IN AN IRISH/CANADIAN NEIGHBOURHOOD CALLED CORKTOWN IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO. HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO BE CALLED UP LIKE HIS OLDER BROTHERS DURING WORLD WAR TWO. THIS IS 'AS HE REMEMBERS' HIS LIFE AS A CHILD, A TEENAGER, A FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND AS A SENIOR CITIZEN. IT IS AS HONEST AS ANYONE COULD TELL ABOUT THEIR LIFE IN AN EASY READING MANNER THAT HE WROTE IN 1997