Lowell's Limericks & Life Stories
Lowell was an author of a column titled Lowell's
Limericks which appeared in The Wacky World of
Peafowl Report newsletter. This book contains his
true childhood stories, his adventures during
World War II, experiences of parenthood and at
the work place, fantasy stories, poems, and his
autobiography.
6 x 9 red paperback book, 175 pages
Sample story from his book
Lowell’s Limericks & Life Stories
by Lowell Henry Buck
Edited
by Debra Joan Buck
Chapter
4, “Growing Up”, Page 41
Drive To Town – 1926
My brother and I thought I would be fun to drive
my father’s car to town. I was 5 years old and my
brother ‘Bob’ was 4 years old. Town was four
miles away. We had seen our father drive many a
time so we knew how.
The car was a model ‘T’ Ford and to start it my
father parked it on a hill. He had the emergency
brake on and a rock in front of the back wheel
and when he wanted to start it, he took the rock
out, released the emergency brake, put it in gear
and that would turn over the motor to start it.
The farm buildings were on each side of the lane
built on the side hill. The corn crib was the
last building and from there was a gate to the
pasture.
My brother was to drive; imagine a four year old
driving, I was to get the rock out to release the
emergency brake. I got the rock away from the
wheel, got in beside my brother, released the
emergency brake and down the hill we went, past
the chicken house, the cob house, the house, the
barn, the hog house, and finally past the corn
crib, through the pasture gate, which for some
reason was open, out into the pasture and there
coasted to a stop.
The miracle is that no one saw us doing anything.
My father thought he had left the emergency brake
off and the car rolled out there without anyone
doing anything. My brother and I didn’t volunteer
any information either, another secret between my
brother and me.
