Acknowledgments

 

I would like to thank my darling Linda for her steadfast love, support and sacrifices. I also wish to thank my parents, John and Ruth Erhardt, my sister, Sara, my brother, Johnny, my editor, Stacey Kirk, my teachers, Andrea Carlisle, Joyce Thompson, the late Ron Abell, Joy Williams, Gordon Lish and my fourth grade teacher, Miss Nina Lou Leeds. And, finally, the Wild Girls of Amelia High School and Maryville College.