Tales From Springtown: Volume 1

This series of books, Tales From Springtown, are a compilation of the stories, dramas, and vignettes taken from the "old-time" radio program called Life Under the Horseshoe.

The show was performed each week before a live audience and broadcast over a local radio station from Victory Hall (a 100-year-old vaudeville theatre). It derived its name from the small historic Mormon settlement of Springtown (now called Spring City), Utah and the imposing Horseshoe Mountain overlooking it to the east. Utilizing the rich Mormon pioneer culture of the town, it featured musical groups, poems, jokes, old time radio dramas (with sound effects), as well as tales from the town and surrounding area. Mormons are a curious lot, and most of the stories have a basis in fact with a generous helping of imagination thrown in. When the show ended, Lawrence, the Co-producer, Head Writer, and Director thought that because the stories were so delightfully compelling and thoroughly entertaining, it would be a shame not to reach for a wider audience.

The reader is sure to be captivated, charmed, and amused by the wide variety of mysteries, enchanting romances, and humorous accounts of life in Springtown from 1852 to the present. They will be moved by a sense of nostalgia that will inspire them to appreciate their own heritage as they are transported back to a simpler time where they will learn that although much has changed, much remains the same: people.