The setting and time period was late 1800 , in the rugged sand hills of the Panhandle to the mid 1960s in the lush green rolling hills of Central Florida. The book is an extraordinary story of my Grandfather William Henry Mayo. His life struggles to survive and provide the bare necessities for his family were tested by killer hurricanes and family tragedies. The stories told to young Travis, sitting in front of a roaring fire at the old farmplace, by his Grandfather were confirmed as being true by the children( Travis' Aunts and uncles) .