Once upon a Farm : Annandale Press : 9781736453421 : 1736453424 : 18 May 2021 : In this amusing collection of tales, Ellis Worth reminisces about not only his childhood on a Minnesota farm but also many other episodes in his life. These are not sentimental recollections; nor is this an anthology of first-person memoirs. The reminiscences are embedded within enjoyable stories about fictitious characters in equally fictitious settings. But, in accordance with Mark Twain's assertion "Write what you know," Ellis Worth wrote what he knew. In this fictitious context, he relates his own experiences, personal discoveries, and outlook on social mores of the time, the mid-twentieth century. Ellis Worth tales are unique. They are usually quite short and compact, offering an amusing and occasionally ribald narrative of some incident in its characters' lives-that is, presumably in his life. Worth seeks to entertain through his use of colloquial, everyday vernacular, bringing his principal chara