The account of the life of Arnold Deaton and his younger brother Rufus Deaton is fictionalized in detail but based on the facts as told by both Arnold and his brother as well as many members of their families.Arnold and Rufus grew up in Breathitt County, Kentucky in the early 1900s at a time when the daily routine of their lives was based on the needs to survive.This book tells the story of two brothers who were nearly the same age, raised in the same family with values that were handed to each in a similar manner but seemed to be received by the two with completely different understandings. This is the story of their lives. Filled with humor and tragedy, this is the way it was.