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Acknowledgments
Spearheading our book project, and
assisting at the crucial stages of this
monumental project, was our extraordinarily
capable Belden Center Secretary, Mrs.
Marcella Bailey. Without the superb adminis–
trative talents of Mrs. Bailey, this book simply
could not have been fully developed.
At early stages of this extensive project,
Helen Floyd, Marsha Burkett, and Paula Farley
performed yeoman service in processing the
primary information. Many other friends and
colleagues, especially Whitney Long, Jennifer
Miller, Larry Long, Jimmy Jones, Phillip Tucker,
and Bob Kelly, also read the later versions of
the book and gave helpful suggestions.
So, over the years, those of us adults in the
harvest years have read extensively and lived
long. Therefore, it would be difficult to attempt
to give credit for all the axioms we have drawn
from the literature and, indeed, life itself.
Nevertheless, we have attempted to preserve
and recreate an accurate list of contributors
and sources without whom this project would
still be a pipe dream. These are contained ·
either in the text of each chapter or in the
References section.
Many sources have been consulted in the
preparation of this material, and credit has
been given to various sources as they were
available. Hopefully the References section
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