The Day The Oil Stopped
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“I had no more stepped off the last stair step when I heard the gun shots ring out and the frantic scream from my mother. I tripped over my own self twice as I raced back up the stairs, through the kitchen and out the back door. The first thing I saw was my mother lying face down in the grass across the alley way. I ran straightaway across the back yard, screaming as I ran.”
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“I had no more stepped off the last stair step when I heard the gun shots ring out and the franti c scream from my mother. I tripped over my own self twice as I raced back up the stairs, through the kitchen and out the back door. The fi rst thing I saw was my mother lying face down in the grass across the alley way. I ran straightaway across the back yard, screaming as I ran.”
Our Author takes us into the life of a small town Iowa family. Explosions of the oil fi eld regions of the Persian and Saudi Gulf coast means disaster for their town. Go along the journey with Michael Larson and his family as they encounter the good and evil of the people in their community and discover the new world they help create.
About the Author
Fred Chittum had a passion for writing. He was an over the road truck driver that loved to tinker with anything and everything that was mechanical. He was born in Denver, Colorado where he lived the majority of his life. He spent the last 18 years living in Boone, Iowa. He and his wife have three children and ten grandchildren. Fred died of a heart attack in March of 2010. He looked forward to having one of his books published. This book is being published by his family in his honor.