Publisher's Synopsis
This information was gathered in a personal interview on December 29 and 30, 1997. Dad had just turned 89 two weeks before. It was later revised with written information collected from Dad after Mom's death which Dad wrote in 1999 and 2000. This biography provides year by year details chronicled by Arthur from 1908 through 2004 and provide interesting insight into life in the 20th century. Arthur was raised in poverty as one of 12 children of a sharecropper. He married and became a sharecropper after spending several years as a hobo and migrant farm worker. In the 1940's he began to buy and sell real estate and learned a trade as a machine tool inspector. He ultimately rose to middle class prosperity. Arthur retired to his childhood community and spent his later years in fishng and hunting that he had always loved. He was a dedicated caregiver for his wife of over 70 years. As his son I admired the humble victories of his life and the values which drove his living. He never held office, became famous, or invented great technology, but he was a real life hero to me and I submit this book to encourage others with his accomplishments.
