Vernon Pace was born into what was called "the scrabble-ass poor." "Vernon" is the true story of an Arizona family gradually dragging itself out of destitution during the later phases of the Great Depression. More specifically, it is a chronicle of a young boy's sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad, but always entertaining odyssey through the first ten years of his life. It's hard to imagine all that happened as Vernon and his family migrated back and forth between mining camps, towns, cities, and, of course, the Pace Ranch in Clay Springs. This entire story is told through the eyes of the...