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My future husband and I hadn\u2019t been dating for long before he started talking about Uncle Harold, his mother\u2019s older brother.<\/p>\n

Uncle Harold lived in the Idaho mountains.
\nUncle Harold was a World War 2 pilot.
\nUncle Harold had bowed legs.
\nUncle Harold had an amazing singing voice.
\nUncle Harold.
\nUncle Harold.
\nUncle Harold.<\/p>\n

Before meeting Uncle Harold for the first time, I wondered how any man could live up to such hero worship. But after meeting him, I better understood my boyfriend (and his mother Elsie\u2019s) opinion of him. Uncle Harold was, and still is, a remarkable man.<\/p>\n

In the past few weeks, I\u2019ve come to know him better through his most recent book, The Preacher\u2019s Kid<\/a>. Its pages chronicle Harold\u2019s life from his early remembrances until shortly before he enlisted to serve in World War 2. (He\u2019s recorded that story in a previous book, Yes Sir, No Sir.)<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to give away the good stuff about Harold\u2019s childhood in two small Kansas towns, Clayton and Norway. Or the summers and one school year spent living with his Uncle Ross and Aunt Alma near Hope, Idaho. But, I do want to share a few conclusions drawn from reading about his childhood exploits in the the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s Great Depression years:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0It is a miracle that Uncle Harold is still alive.<\/li>\n
  2. I am very thankful never to have been Harold\u2019s teacher.<\/li>\n
  3. If Harold\u2019s family had been Catholic instead of United Brethren, his mother, Mary Anne Walker (affectionately known as Grandma Annie to our generation) would have been nominated for sainthood.<\/li>\n
  4. His Kansas Great Depression in Kansas stories are as grim as my mom\u2019s Minnesota Great Depression stories, though they involve considerably less snow.<\/li>\n
  5. Harold really did love his little sister, Elsie.<\/li>\n
  6. I had never heard the story of Harold being chased by armed bank robbers before.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Okay, so the last one gave away a little of the good stuff. But, there\u2019s plenty more. So much, that even though you don\u2019t know Uncle Harold, you might like to read The Preacher\u2019s Kid<\/a>. It\u2019s kind of like a movie where so many things happen to the protagonist you begin to think it\u2019s all made up. Only this story isn\u2019t made up. It\u2019s true and so amazing that my opinion of Uncle Harold now matches that of my husband and my mother-in-law Elsie.<\/p>\n

    Harold Walker is a most remarkable man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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