While Larry Aasen was growing up on a farm in North Dakota, he and the people of his state lived through a Great Depression, crop failures, floods, grasshopper infestations, a World War, snowstorms, bank failures, crop diseases, and severe weather extremes. If they were to survive, they couldn't give up. So Larry has written a book part history, part memoir that pays tribute to people whose determination made them successful in many fields, including farming, education, sports, war, politics, entertainment, and journalism.