Safe and Secure in a Tippy Canoe: Growing up in small-town Ohio without helmets, health warnings, or helicopter parents

Safe and Secure in a Tippy Canoe is a nostalgic remembrance of a world without present-day safety restrictions or tight parental reins—a time and place where kids were free to be kids. It was the small, close-knit community of Tippecanoe, Ohio, in the early 1960s. CW Spencer humorously recounts tales of riding his bike through a pile of burning leaves, secretly playing with carbide, and participating in other escapades that may cause you to wonder how he even survived his preadolescent years. You will meet the unconventional grown-ups who loved him enough to occasionally let him learn life lessons the hard way. And you will discover how he was able to feel safe and secure despite the tippy canoe of childhood.