This memoir is written from a child's point of view. It's fresh and adventurous much like Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer." My father captures the beauty of a world, virtually untouched, until the coal mines and timber companies move into this pristine area. From the beginning, he's on one adventure after another in this world. He takes you on an emotional ride when he decides to leave Kentucky by hopping on trains to find what's on the other side of the mountain. Without food or money, he makes his way trying to get to Texas to become a cowboy. He does odd jobs, including joining a circus, but he needs to keep moving, taking your heart and imagination with him. It is a poignant look back at a much beloved childhood with all its beauty but without excluding very harsh realities and the many tragedies of that time. The end of the adventure finds him back in the world he left, older and much wiser, than when he thought the grass was greener on the other side.