Description Three thousand people lived in Bentonville, Arkansas in the 1950s, long Before it became identified with the largest corporation in the world. co. michaelmknott.
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This is his first book.
An avid runner, biker, rower and skier, he\'s now retired and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Michael has four children and seven grandchildren.
After leaving the service, he practiced Emergency Medicine for 37 years, mainly in Truckee, California.
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About the Author After graduating from Bentonville High School in the class of 1962 with 73 students, Michael Knott attended college and medical school and then joined the U.
But all possess warmth and charm, and a young boy\'s realization of lessons learned.
Others are ironic and sad.
Some of Michael\'s stories are mischievous or comical.
Bentonville Before Wal-Mart is one man\'s record of rural, small town, 1950s America.
While not immune to life\'s tragedies, it was a simpler, less complicated time of relative innocence.
Rather than clicking a remote control, children imagined and explored their worlds.
It was the age Before television, when people\'s lives developed in unscripted, less conformist ways.
He recalls a rich cast of characters with unique personalities, idiosyncrasies, and compelling stories to tell.
He writes about being a curious little kid, wandering around his neighborhood and downtown Bentonville.
In this engaging memoir, Michael looks back at a childhood far different from those experienced by most children today.
And churchgoers prayed every Sunday for their boys to come home from Korea, although young Michael Knott didn\'t know where Korea was.
The corner drugstore sold ice cream sundaes and shakes.
Sam and Helen Walton were just ordinary townsfolk operating a Five and Ten.
Description Three thousand people lived in Bentonville, Arkansas in the 1950s, long Before it became identified with the largest corporation in the world
