Life has its mysteries and adventures. But none compare with those we experience in childhood. Everything was bigger and more pronounced. Each day brought forth dragons to be faced, forces that we had not experienced before, emotions yet to be harnessed. Charles Shafer captures the magic of being a kid in these stories. Winfield was his world, but the place could have been the town or neighborhood in which any of us grew up during the 1940's and 1950's. ~ Ray Johnson