Born: 1922 in Fayette County, Georgia
Ferrol Sams is different from every other author because he started writing at the age of 60
He published his first book called, Run with the Horsemen
It is about a boy growing up on a farm in Georgia
Many of his books are comicical memoirs of his life experiences
Sams's stories are humorous and old-fashioned
His publication When All the World Was Young won the Townsend Prize for fiction in 1991
He joined the US Army Medical during WWII
Some of his books include flashbacks from his time in serving the mililtary
He was honored, at the turn of the century, for 50 years of commitment and service to the people of Fayette County