A plantation owner, turned gun duelist and gambler, shot and killed 24 opponents. A murderer slit the throat of a promising fourteen-year-old school girl. A respected, popular guitar songster vanished. And too many fathers had drinking problems in the village called Harmony, where the author was reared. Fortunately, patriotic heroes, the Hurst family, and their many friends, right-up through the present time, wrestle with heartrending discordances to maintain Harmony's name. But beware, for even though readers may have been born and reared beyond the confines of the village of Harmony on Maryland's Eastern Shore, this author's writing may cause readers to wrestle with their own village… discordances. Harmony's unforgettable characters, who helped him grow up to become who he is today, are featured in his memoir.