Growing up near the small North Central West Texas community of Medicine Mound, Texas, Bill Neal painstakingly collected oral histories of its settlers and blended them with “Flavors of the Time” news items—an intriguing anthology that chronicles the lives of those who toiled so hard to tame this remote part of the state. The book offers the reader an unvarnished glimpse into this small community that sprang up out of the prairie, thrived and prospered, then wilted and eventually died—a victim of the industrial revolution. For the most part, Neal lets the settlers tell their stories in their own words—a revealing insight into their lives and times covering nearly a century.