Dreams and Promises

About the Book

Desperation, crime, sex, flight, escape and consequences are all part of this authentic novel, set in the time of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl storms. To save his family from starvation, a young farmer breaks the law and flees across country, only to get the biggest surprise of his life.

Drawing upon his experiences and personal observations, the author has created a remarkably accurate picture of mid-Western and California life in the hard days of the Thirties. Let your imagination follow this young man in his flight across country, as he tries to deal with unfamiliar situations which he is ill-equipped to deal with, either mentally or by experience. Imagine yourself in a time when a loaf of bread was four cents and a new automobile could be purchased for four hundred dollars. Think what a hundred dollars would mean to you at that time, and then imagine having, not hundreds, but thousands of dollars in your hands. Could you deal with it?

About the Author

Felix Hamilton Fellhauer has been writing, editing, printing, and publishing house organs and newsletters, as well as selling humor to other small publications, for all his adult life. Since his retirement, he has edited and published The Funny Paper, a newsletter for budding authors. Reader comments are welcome by e-mail at felix22557@aol.com