Garrett ”Dean” Bowling is a retired educator now living in Bedford Kentucky. He taught math and physics for twenty-two years and Russian for two of those twenty-two years. He was a high school principal for six years and an assistant to the superintendent for a little over five. Currently he works part-time as a contractor and horse breeder. He is married with three children, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
This story is about those Eastern Kentucky hills in which I grew up; a story of the love and admiration for those events in my life that I either lived or was passed on to me by those around me. They are told from the perspective of having experienced them, or from the point of view of those who were telling them. They tell of the lives of those closest to me, or those who genetically passed on to me all those things that make up my character and my being.
Extensive use of humor is used in relating the story and gives the reader a glimpse of the boy in many of us. Even when the subject is sometimes sad or serious, the author attempts to relate the point in a humorous manner. The story is real, the people are real, the humor is real, and the sadness is real. It is the hope of the author that the reader will get a bird’s eye view of the life of a hill boy growing up in the 50’s & 60’s. I believe this book will invoke memories and nostalgia of those earlier years for the reader, whether you are from the city or a true Appalachian child.