Could Have Been Worse: True Stories, Embellishments, and Outright Lies

You don't have to claim any particular ethnic heritage, have seven generations in the ground, or even have been born in New England to be shaped by this rough, rocky landscape. "Yankee" is an attitude, built on the bone deep optimism of that old, true saying, "Could have been worse." These stories explore this attitude and many others that contribute to that highly philosophical, peculiar, and often humorous, state of being called "living yankee."