51. The planes have a romantic image, drawing retired military pilots like Hendrickson and daredevil farm boys charmed by the thrill of the sky. 52. The protagonist, a farm boy from a fundamentalist religious background, dreams of the cosmos and is exposed to the new universe of Einstein. 53. There is a North Dakota farm boy painfully homesick for the wide-open lands of the Great Plains. 54. They describe him as a modest farm boy who has been New Deal Democrat all his life. 55. They were farm boys and railroaders, townies and students, carousers and churchgoers. 56. They can contend that a Georgia farm boy like Jimmy Carter was no match for a veteran actor like Ronald Reagan. 57. Though Thais are on the whole easygoing about transvestites, farm boys found bejeweled Parinya easy to ridicule. 58. Ultimately, the displaced farm boy became immersed in the classics, studying the various styles and forms that would help shape his own distinctive voice. 59. Ask Brad Lambrecht, the North Dakota farm boy who wants to be a musician. 60. Farm boy slays King Kong. |