LETTERS TO MY CHILDREN IS A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A LOVE STORY TAKING PLACE IN THE EARLY 1900s IN RURAL WISCONSIN. THIS EXTRAORDINARY TALE IS BASED LOOSELY ON AUTHOR'S FAMILY. HARVEY AND OLLIE HAD FIFTEEN CHILDREN TOGETHER. YES, FIFTEEN IN 1946 A LIFE ALTERING INCIDENT CONTRIBUTES SOME UNWANTED DRAMA TO THE ELLINGER FARM. A HISTORICALLY ACCURATE STORY OF A LOVING AMERICAN FAMILY'S GROWTH THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION ENDS TWENTY ONE CHAPTERS LATER IN THE SEVENTIES.