The Ramblings of a Merry Heart

About the Book

Although his earliest days were spent in a town, author Harold William Marihart had the dream of one day becoming a farmer. From very young age, he enjoyed helping his grandparents and others with the chores on their farms. In The Ramblings of a Merry Heart, Marihart narrates these and many other stories from his eighty years.

In this memoir, he shares some of the highlights of his life—his birth in small-town Minnesota in 1931, being raised as an only child, attending school, helping with farm chores, earning money as a produce “salesman” at age seven, buying his first car, becoming a sailor, meeting his wife, navigating parenthood, and realizing his dream of owning a ranch.

Including photos, The Ramblings of a Merry Heart includes descriptions of true events and anecdotes from Marihart’s long life. It is eighty years of love and laughter bound into one book.

About the Author

Harold William Marihart grew up in rural Minnesota, where he had many adventures as an only child. He has always been a storyteller and at eighty years old he decided to put his stories into this, his first book. He still lives in Minnesota today.