This poignant, sweet remembrance of a rural English boyhood deeply touches the reader's heart and mind as the author leads us through his delightful, mischievous childhood adventures, through his tumultuous school days, his hardworking experiences on the farm, and his subsequent trials as a farm apprentice, all the way up to the start of World War II, when he goes off to war. You will chuckle and you will weep as you read this book, all the while experiencing, through the author's lively, eloquent prose, a Wiltshire boy's unique and unforgettable coming of age.