San Antonio College Library

The boyhood adventures of a mischievous lad in nineteenth-century New England are based on the author's own experiences.

Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island off the coast of New England.

After a massive blizzard, a boy becomes a hero when he manages to walk to the local store and bring supplies back to his neighborhood which has been snowed in for days. Based on the author's childhood experience with the record-breaking 1978 New England blizzard.