The Neitzert family is proud to introduce you to an exciting new author. Larry Neitzert, the oldest sibling of the family spent his career as a teacher and now in his retirement has turned his talents to writing. His first two novels are engaging and hard to put down. They also give you a fairly clear view of the things that influenced Larry as he grew up.

Within a world bounded by four rough-hewn walls, Larry Neitzert explores the universal themes of family, friendship, love, and death. Populated by bumbling racists who like talking rubbish, a father who is unable to use words to express his grief, farm boys who try growing up by reading dirty magazines, and another boy who thinks growing up is going to war, this world, which seems so far away in time and place, is as close as the humanity we all share. With his collection of entertaining and insightful short stories, Neitzert indeed can hit the broadside of a barn - and what a hit

Robert Hartman returns for his senior year of college with the sole purpose of avoiding the draft and service in Vietnam. Among the excitement and turmoil of 1968 different "voices" give him answers to the inevitable draft notice that will arrive in June. As he waits for that draft notice, love arrives from an unexpected source.

"Maggie's Farm is a thought-provoking, entertaining tale of life on and off campus at Michigan State University in the late 1960s."