"Kent Stever takes you by the hand for a stroll back in time to a simpler place, one sprinkled with nostalgia and fond remembrance. His writing conjures up images so exact you'll swear you're sitting at a soda fountain sipping on a cherry Coke while he tells his tales." —Mike Nistler, Publisher, Minnesota Moments Magazine

Harsh as the times of post-World War II days were in appearance, the 1950s comprised an era of proven practice—with common denominators of honesty and truth binding together the "kinder, gentler ways."

". . . a knack for finding little stories from the past that illuminate the spirit of the time and for mining sources for details that enrich his tales. – Chris Rogers, Winona Post "Tomatoes Free for the Asking" is a quaint term remembered from the 1800s, yet heard in the 1950s of my youth. It was a simple expression written on a piece of cardboard set alongside a pile of tomatoes near someone's garden?or on the front porch. It was an invitation to take as you wish, with an expectation of ...