remembering...A Town That Was - Paperback

by Myrna Miller Messer (Author)

remembering...A Town That Was paints an unforgettable portrait of Foxholm, a hardy diminutive town in remote North Dakota, whose fun-loving, resilient and often ecentric residents built a community and shared their lives. This heartwarming book portrays the author's personal recollections woven into the backdrop of local history, as the town went into an inexorable decline.Myrna Messer's loving tribute to this forgotten town describes the stories of her family and friends shaped by this misunderstood and underappreciated land. Reflecting on her happiest moments, the inevitable tragedies and the colorful patrons of her father's bar, this folksy and down-to-earth narrative will give the reader a fascinating and memorable glimpse of a rural town in an era when neighbors were close friends and shared the kind of grit so often missing in our modern, fast paced society.