How Dear to My Heart

In her book, How Dear To My Heart, Mrs. Ryan writes of growing up on a farm with an extended family. She writes about each member of her family, about her experiences as a youngster and about the people and animals she met along the way. Topics of her essays include "School Days," "The Churn," "Home Cures," "Taffy," "The Sleigh," "The Granary," "The Banana Man," "The Ice House," "Rabies," "Railroads" and "Railroad Men," "E.S.P." "Ice Cream," "The Silo," "The Outhouse," "The Fenian Raids," "Christmas," "The Weeks [Family] Cemetery," and "The Home Place."Ryan, Shirley DeLano is the author of 'How Dear to My Heart', published 2003 under ISBN 9781413422993 and ISBN 1413422993.