"New Athens is a sleepy little town in east central Ohio..." So begins the life story of Ernie Cobb, 1908-2000, the tale of "one poor kid who...managed to make the most of the opportunities he found and work his way out of poverty to become a teacher and educational administrator." Modestly and often humorously, C. Ernest Cobb relates the colorful characters and circumstances that shaped his life during the better part of the twentieth century.
