Missouri Memories, 1934-1947 12+

📓 Thomas H. Olbricht relishes his Missouri upbringing. In this book he narrates the details of his many experiences in the 1930s and 40s. The author was interested in multiple aspects of Ozark terrain, social life, and culture, and often situates them in their historical setting. He writes with multifaceted concretion regarding the influence of his mother, father, and his extended family, which included persons of Irish, Scottish, and German heritages. He not only helped with his grandfather's gas station-grocery but also his uncle's farming operations. Because of his commitment and education he has given special attention to religious activities in the Churches of Christ in the Ozarks. He ends by elaborating upon, in the region of his youth, what it was like to live through World War II and the peace that followed.""For years to come, historians and interested observers who study the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement as expressed through twentieth-century Churches of Christ will sooner or later encounter Dr. Tom Olbricht. This towering theologian, churchman, historian, and much more, casts a long shadow as he has influenced generations of people through his teaching and writing. This volume gives us a rare glimpse into the formative years Tom spent in Missouri and the Ozarks that he loved.""--Royce Money, Chancellor, Abilene Christian University""This book is a wondrous memory of rural religious America that was marked by authenticity, economi...