Donovan Harrison

When the rustlers are caught and turned lose by Sheriff Barlow, Mr. Payne decides a new sheriff is needed and asks Billy to run. To get his father-in-law off his back, Billy finally tells him he

What is it like to grow up on a farm in Western Oklahoma shortly before during and after World War II? What's it like to be dirt poor and the youngest of five brothers? What's it like to chop cotton in the hot July sun and then pick cotton that fall when it is cold and windy and your back and legs hurt and your knees are raw from crawling on them? Ask Billy Harshburger, he can tell you. Billy can tell you what it's like to fall in love with the neighbor girl whose father hates all Harshburgers and then face the father and tell him that you must get married.