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"Norris Norman has picked a very difficult subject for his book and has done wonders with it.  There is probably no more obscure part of the history of Arkansas than the period in which this book is situated, namely, the second decade of the nineteenth century. Mr. Norman makes it come alive in a very convincing way.  His main character, a French/Indian mixed-blood or metis, is carefully crafted and is ideally positioned to tell the tale of the New Madrid earthquake, the early White settlers of a newly-American Arkansas, and the daily lives of Indians and Europeans alike..."

-- Hon. Morris S. Arnold, author of Unequal Laws Unto a Savage Race: European Legal Traditions in Arkansas 1686-1836

Little Man chronicles the adventures of Amos, his mule and his dog as they settle with their family in northeastern Arkansas in the early 1800s. In these historically accurate tales, young Amos, his mule and his dog encounter the challenges of making a home and a living along the Little Sandy River. The climate, the river's seasonal changes of mood, moonshiners, wild hogs, and more contribute to the development of Amos into a grown man.