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A Goldmine of Downhome Humor
It Happened, Could Have Happened, or Should Have Happened is the late Paul Miller's account of what it was like to live in the rural community of Spottswood, Virginia, in the 1930s, '40s and '50s. It is a humorous, folksy and sometimes poignant look at the people and events of his youth.
Two of the book's most endearing characteristics are Miller's dry sense of humor and his gift for understatement, both of which run through It Happened like large veins of gold. Here, in straightforward tones, are tales of good old boys and farmers, drunks and scoundrels, kids and cars and animals. Of times when the country store was the center of activity and a man's word was the most valuable thing he owned. Of poverty, wartime rationing and having to hunt squirrels for food.
And there's the story of Queen, the dog. Break out the hanky for that one.
Although Miller physically left Spottswood in 1953, he never really separated himself from it emotionally. For him, the abandoned houses, stores and garages were still chock full of people and laughter -- and it is that sense of life and vibrancy he wanted to convey in his only book, It Happened, Could Have Happened, or Should Have Happened: Reminiscences of Life in Old-Time Spottswood, Virginia.
About Paul Miller
Paul Miller (1930-2011) was an antique dealer, collector, businessman, craftsman, artist, husband, father and - even though he might have argued with you about it - a writer. And a darned good one, at that, as readers are discovering in this delightful collection of memories from an era long vanished, and a place that no longer exists as the author knew it in his youth.
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