<br/><STRONG>When I Was A Child - by T. L. Needham </strong>was a finalist in the <strong>Best Books of 2011, </strong>in the Category of History: United States, according to USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses.<br/><strong>A Stunning Story of Love, Death, and Survival on the Kansas Prairie </strong><br/>On Ash Wednesday, 1926, a young couple, Alex and Theresa, left their six children home on the farm. They drove through heavy rains to attend Mass in town. That''s when the temperature dropped fast, and the heavy rain became a snowy windswept blizzard. <br/><br/>Only one of them would survive that night. <br/><br/>The terrible loss upended the lives of this working-class family in ways no one could have expected. Through it all, the ironclad bonds of love held them together as they endured the Great Depression and an unceasing string of trials, losses, and hardships. <br/><br/>Based on actual events,