Rose keeps a journal of her family's difficult times on their farm during the days of the Dust Bowl in 1935.

This book has been written for many of my friends and family especially Renee, Gwen, Bobbie, Susan, Toni, Jane Jean, Aunt Anna, Ruth Dixon, Aunt Manette, Paul, Fred, and especially my parents, Fred and Elizabeth. A large thank-you goes out to all my friends in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, for without your help this book would have never been written. A special thank-you goes out to all my students because you were a large part of this book. Some of the things in this book were actual experiences I had in my classroom, both as a student and as a teacher. The names of the characters in this book have been changed to protect the real people either living or dead. There are two haunted housesone in Rose Valley and one in Wallingfordbut as for William, he is purely fiction. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I did writing it. I hope my readers have had the time to read my other books: Peggy, The Three-Some: Book 2, The Writers Corner: Book 3, The Golden Nugget: Book 4, Emily (book 5), This Is As Good As It Gets (book 6), The 1940 Old Diary (book 7), and Pockets (book 8). Books 5, 6, 7, and 8 should be out very soon. They are all interactive books, and you can learn something from each one.

The diary of Philip Henslowe, owner of the Rose Theatre in London during the 1590s, remains the most valuable source of information about the workings of the Elizabethan public theatres. Discussions of theatres and drama in the age of Shakespeare routinely refer to Henslowe, whose 'diary' touches on every aspect of the day-to-day operations of the Rose and the companies of actors, especially the Admiral's Men. The diary preserves the account-book of an Elizabethan theatre owner who was also the father-in-law of the leading actor, Edward Alleyn, and contains many miscellaneous and personal entries. The first edition of Henslowe's Diary, published in 1961, has long been out of print. It provides a thorough introduction to the manuscript, a full transcription of the document itself and several helpful appendices and indexes. For this second edition one of the original editors, R. A. Foakes, has added a new preface and reading list.

Picking up roughly where the memoir "Down from Troy" leaves off, as Selzer's writing life flourishes and his surgical career ends, "Diary" brings together stories and observations dashed off on park benches and in library carrels over the past decade.

Philip Henslowe's Rose was Elizabethan London's first South Bank playhouse. This text sets the background of this working theatre, against which the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries can be understood.