Clyde Owen Martin: Family Memories of his Life and Times

ABOUT THE BOOK: Born in 1924, Clyde Owen Martin grew up in a Kansas farm family, then worked in all aspects of the oil field from roughneck to driller to production manager. This book of family memories celebrates his 85 years of life and his pioneering Kansas family. Clyde died in 2012.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Clyde's wife, GAIL LEE MARTIN (1924 - 2013), researched and wrote most of the family history and profiles in this book. Some were published in Kanhistique magazine and in Prairie Schooner Genealogy magazine. She published an earlier book about her life, called MY FLINT HILLS CHILDHOOD: GROWING UP IN 1930S KANSAS. Other examples of her writing can be found on the Our Echo and ehow websites. She served as the assistant webmaster for the Our Echo website. For ten years, she was the state archivist for the Kansas Authors Club.

VIRGINIA ALLAIN (1948 - ), Clyde's second daughter, wrote three of the sections for this book. She compiled and designed this book and her mother's other book, MY FLINT HILLS CHILDHOOD. A retired librarian, she writes essays and how-to articles for a number of online sites. Her website links to these and to her photography sites: http://vallain.wordpress.com/.

CYNTHIA JO ROSS (1950 - ), Clyde's third daughter, wrote the profile of her dad's oil field career. She also writes stories and poems. Go to www.cjross.wordpress.com/ to link to her writing online and to her published book of children's poems, RIDE A STICK HORSE. Her strong interest in nature led to her performances as Gene Stratton-Porter, noted novelist and nature writer of the early 1900s.

BOOK DESIGN AND EDITING: VIRGINIA ALLAIN, http://vallain.wordpress.com/.