In this charming book, Olivia Diaz recounts many stories of her early childhood in the late 1940s and early 1950s on a farm west of Phoenix, Arizona.  Her Uncle Joe was the Foreman in charge of maintaining the 30-mile Fowler Section of the Southern Pacific Railroad west of Phoenix.  With Joe, and her Aunt, Tía Yoya, she had many adventures with a pet bull, an adventuresome goat, “woolie worms” and scorpions and much more.  The stories are varied and captivating and tell us lots about the history and the Mexican-American culture of that period.  192 pages.  Order from amazon.com.