Elmo entered this world on August 14, 1916, and spent his early years in Garyville, a small lumbering town in southwest Louisiana. After the untimely death of his father, the family moved to Destrahan on the outskirts of New Orleans to live with his sister, Olga. The youngest of six children, Elmo was a scrapper - always getting himself and his friends into more trouble than they knew how to handle. This book beautifully describes one such misadventure and is sure to be a pleasure to read by anyone of any age who will vicariously thrill to his daring do.