This Book, by my uncle Ralph Wesley Hedrick, is the rough draft of which he used to have printed the originalhard back copy in 1973. This draft along with other documents were passed on to me as a nephew andpast president of the Hedrick-Shepherd Reunion.The hardback copy is no longer in print as there was only the original printing done by my uncle. There have been many requests for this out of print book. As his nephew and holder of this draft document I thought it would be a lasting tribute to him to make it again available. Richard Arlen Yates