Ma was a crafty lady who had been taught well by her father and mother, Elias Samuel Totten and Nancy Jane Bradford Totten.
He makes his home in Conway, Arkansas..
He is also the author of two historical books on Cleburne County, Arkansas, Cleburne County and Its People, Vol 1 and 2 .
Barger is the author of six other books: Swords and Plowshares
Mamie: An Ozark Mountain Girl of Courage
Dark Clouds Over Alabama
Blue Skies of El Dorado: A Sequel to Dark Clouds Over Alabama
Arkansas Hillbilly; a nd Sons Of War.
He spent thirty-eight years working in the public schools of Arkansas, thirty-three as a superintendent of schools.
Barger grew up in the Ozark Mountains of Cleburne County, Arkansas.
About the Author: Carl J.
Where There\'s a Will, There\'s a Way was written to inspire others who are struggling, not knowing what the future holds for them.
He gives credit Where credit is due.
Don\'t you worry! Barger includes the people who made a difference in his life; people who challenged him, motivated him, and influenced the man he became.
His Pa would say, Mamie, I\'m going to take care of that.
He remembers lying awake at night listening to his mother crying, while she wondered Where the family\'s next meal was coming from.
Growing up in the small community of Higden, population 122, he experienced poverty as well as a thirst for knowledge and understanding, always dreaming of a better life.
He relates his struggles and triumphs as the ninth child in a family of eleven children born during the Great Depression to Edward and Mamie Ann Totten Barger of Higden, Arkansas.
Barger\'s latest book, Where There\'s a Will, There\'s a Way, he writes of growing up in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Cleburne County, Arkansas.
In Carl J.
She could also pull her weight in using a crosscut saw for cutting logs and firewood for the fireplace, kitchen cook stove, and the big iron potbelly heating stove that heated our house.
She could plow behind a mule as well as most men.
She worked like a man.
She learned to cook, sew, plow, hoe, pick cotton, do housework, and dry apples and peaches for fried pies.
Ma was a crafty lady who had been taught well by her father and mother, Elias Samuel Totten and Nancy Jane Bradford Totten
