CONTENTS
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
1. Looking Back
11
2. A Black Cloud
15
3. A Journey to the Ole Days
19
4. School Time
27
5. Upper Elementary Days
33
6. Christmas Vacation
41
7. Uncle Ozzie & Aunt Sophie
45
8. 4-H Days
51
9. Taking on the Farm
59
10. Army Days
67
11. Looking Back at Moose Lake
91
12. After the Army
97
13. Steel Plant Days
105
14. A Growing Black Cloud
113
15. Marriage & Family
121
16. The Split Rock Route
127
17. The Kettle River Route
133
18. Uncle Louis' Funeral
141
19. Allen
147
20. Satan Comes to Moose Lake
155
21. To Russia with Love
163
22. Farming for the Future
175
23. The Black Cloud Strikes in 1998
181
24. Raweana
185
25. Drug Test Results
191
26. Going to Drug Counseling
195
27. Snakes in the Grass
199
28. The Grant Writer
215
29. Missouri
219
30. The Trial Begins
225
31. Lawyers & the Illegal System
241
32. Lessons Learned
245
Epilogue
253