The Pig in the Gray Panel Truck and Other Somber Reflections from 'Morning Assignment'

223 pp. "Joe Aarons's Morning Assignment made him the Evansville Courier's superstar for many years. He won many awards including the National Headliners Club award for writing the best local interest column in the country in 1962. In 1977 his fellow Tri-State Journalists honored him with with the first Distinguished Service Award. He is the author of five book: A Pig In The Gray Panel Truck, A Dandelion in Winter, Day of a President, Just a 100 Miles From Home, and The Journey in the Red Jalopy. He worked for newspapers in Santa Fe, N.M., Monett, MO, Beckley WV, and Memphis, TN. He began working for the Evansville Courier in 1957. Aaron was born in Cone, Texas and reared on a farm in Portales, NM. He attended the University of New Mexico where he graduated with honors with a degree in journalism.--GoodReads