Hal Roth, a noted national and local author, talked about some of the stories included in his book “Conversation in a Country Store”: Mr Roth is an author who concentrated on stories given to him by the average working man. His talk tells of some of those stories. Some other eastern shore books authored by Mr. Roth include “In Days Gone By and Other Tales from Delmarva”, “You can't never get to Puckum” and “You still can't get to Puckum".