1963

Edited by Susan Patterson Buyer, 1998

A formatted version of Aunt Dot's autobiography with added illustrations and  footnotes in PDF format.  You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.  Go to www.adobe.com for a free download.

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Dorothea Michael

Editor's Note: I have not changed Aunt Dot's words, but in the PDF version have added pictures, both from pictures belonging to the Buyer family and some modern pictures of places described in the story. I have also added endnotes that seek to provide information about people and places. This is a work-in-progress, and I would appreciate any corrections, comments, and suggestions from my family and others. Finally, many thanks to Cheri Philip for retyping Aunt Dot's 1963 manuscript.

Happy birthday to my father, Ed Buyer, for whom this was prepared as a birthday gift, December 25, 1998, with much love.

Susan P. Buyer, December 1998