Billy the Kid (from Houston-Not Texas): A Child's Life from 1950 to 1960

Childhood fascinates us for what it is and how it forecasts our futures. Ramsey tells us about ten years of his youth, a clean decade, 1950 to 1960, growing up in Houston, PA, a small town 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. He talks about himself, his family, friends, neighborhood, school and Main Street, a circle that widens as his consciousness expands. This is a successful slice of life and time, something John O'Hara would have enjoyed and then turned into one of his Pennsylvania stories.