This is a sentimental and, at times, irreverent memoir. I grew up in Nebraska, the son of a Methodist pastor. I met and married my college sweetheart, became a father and grandfather. Along the way I pastored several small town churches, ran a country bank, and ended up a traveling insurance man. I traveled thousands of miles and mingled with countless people who shared their life stories with me. My title comes from a Charles Wesley hymn and I continue...

Biographical depiction of Willa Cather's life and the influences of the Nebraska frontier on her work.