With over 60 books published, including the breathtaking A Day No Pigs Would Die , Robert Newton Peck has had an illustrious writing career. Now, in an autobiography as unique as he is, Peck tells his story by writing about the people who have meant the most to him throughout his life. From his roots as a poor Vermont farmer's son to his years as a soldier in World War II, from his term slogging away in a paper mill to his semi-retirement in Florida, Peck shows us people most never see--the desperately poor, the hopelessly ...
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With over 60 books published, including the breathtaking A Day No Pigs Would Die , Robert Newton Peck has had an illustrious writing career. Now, in an autobiography as unique as he is, Peck tells his story by writing about the people who have meant the most to him throughout his life. From his roots as a poor Vermont farmer's son to his years as a soldier in World War II, from his term slogging away in a paper mill to his semi-retirement in Florida, Peck shows us people most never see--the desperately poor, the hopelessly uneducated. People Rob considers "weeds in bloom."
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