Everett plumbing adversity to eventually expand the farm

Kids Dont Have Backs is a collection of stories by lawyer and former Secretary of the Florida Dept. of Community Affairs Tom Pelham, drawn from his memories of growing up in the late 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s on a family farm in Holmes County, Florida, in the rural Florida Panhandle. It was a time of economic hardship and transformative change electricity came to the area only in the mid 1950s. These stories bring to life, from a childs point of view, many aspects of this challenging and colorful time.

Beginning farm life in 1947 in a two-room shanty with no electric lights, indoor plumbing, or air conditioning, and no tractors or modern farm equipment or vehicles to assist in working the land, the authors family, through backbreaking physical labor, ingenuity, and sheer will, overcame tremendous adversity to eventually expand the farm to 400 acres and build and move into a proper house with modern conveniences. The hard work created a thirst for pastimes, and the introduction of vehicles and electricity brought greater access to the outside world via picture shows, the sports pages, radio, and TV, propelling the author and his siblings to explore the world beyond the farm.

Thomas G. Pelham Tom is a lawyer and certified planner. He grew up and worked on a family farm in Holmes County, Florida in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s. This book is a memoir of Toms life on the farm owned and operated by his parents and grandparents. After graduating from Holmes County High School in 1961, Tom received a B.A. degree in Government from Florida State University, a M.A. degree in Political Science from Duke University a J.D degree in law from Florida State University and a LL.M degree in law from Harvard University.

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