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Barefoot and Bulletproof:
The Dirty Little Glover Boys
A memoir of mischief and memory, set in Picher, Oklahoma, “The Most Toxic Town in America,” according to the LA Times.
Grit your teeth. Grip your heart. And hang on tight.
Barefoot and Bulletproof is a laugh-out-loud, lump-in-your-throat personal memoir about growing up barefoot, wild, and determined not to forget.
Set in Picher, Oklahoma — a town poisoned by prosperity and erased by time — these amazing true stories follow two scrappy brothers, barefoot and bulletproof, as they stage BB gun wars, jump from rooftops, chase pigs, cheat death, and learn how to outrun both forgetting and fear.
It’s full of:
Barefoot bike rides down chat piles with no brakes or common sense,
Brotherly chaos, porch storytellers, and a goose with a grudge,
Generational memory, family stories, and dementia’s long shadow,
A master storyteller for a grandad, a dad who never stopped building, and
A Gorilla that still roars from a town that no longer exists
But beneath the stunts and scars lies the real story:
A love letter to memory itself. Because if we don’t write it down, we risk losing more than our past — we lose who we are.
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What Readers Have Said:
“I absolutely loved this story. Loved it. It made me cry.” — Mary Anne D.
“You’ve turned your family’s tragic pattern into fuel for creative expression and cognitive protection.” — Wes P.
“What a great tribute to your dad. I also have a dad who was a quiet Gorilla.” — Melissa McB.
If you’ve ever tried to outrun forgetting — this book is for you.