Somewhere Every Day
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About the Book
Author Verne Patten was born the month the huge stock market crash of 1929 occurred, which started the worst seven years of depression the USA has ever experienced. Verne's parents sometimes brought homeless strangers to the house for a meal and a warm place to sleep overnight. Discussions heard in his early years about life on the road and his parents recounting them later, often referring to, "our hungry years," awakened a deep sympathy in Verne for homeless people that remains today. Much of the information and background for Somewhere Every Day was gleaned from conversation with street persons while working part-time in a skid-row liquor store during the final months of his military service.
About the Author
Verne Patten was born in Elgin, Illinois in October 1929. He grew up on a farm in Northern Minnesota. After High School he served four years in the US Navy, then served 19 more years with the Air Force retiring in 1972. He is married, has seven children and eleven grandchildren.