Parenting Quote by Victor Valle

“A newcomer could ascertain the identity of a town's true leaders – which storekeeper was respected, which farmer was listened to other farmers –…

— Robert A. Caro

“Nathaniel Taggart had been a penniless adventurer who had come from somewhere in New England and built a railroad across a continent, in the…

— Ayn Rand

In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.

— Sinclair Lewis

“Malmesbury, was an example, a market town in an old farming district, surrounded by wheat fields, on Hansie’s route to Springbok. This town, too,…

— Paul Theroux

“In 1846, George Donner and his brother Jacob, Illinois farmers, set out for the promise of California in covered wagons with several families, including…

— Dan Gutman

My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle,…

— Aaron Klug

Sometimes we followed the crops, doing migrant labor. We did several years of tenant farming in Western Oregon starting in the early '50s. Later,…

— Katherine Dunn

“Carl Bridenbaugh’s study of colonial cities, Cities in the Wilderness, reveals a clear-cut class system. He finds: The leaders of early Boston were gentlemen…

— Howard Zinn

I'm originally from Hobbs, New Mexico but moved around a lot growing up. My family had a ranch 40 miles from town where they…

— Ryan Bingham

“He rode out in the dark long before daylight and he rode the sun up and he rode it down again. In the oncoming…

— Cormac McCarthy

“When a bill was put before the state legislature in Jefferson City that would have prohibited anyone who owned a saloon from holding elective…

— David McCullough