July 2008

Johnny Golden

I didn’t tell you this before but part of the reason I was sent to Detroit was to put some distance between myself and a boy named Johnny Golden.  Johnny was a jockey who had once ridden for my father.  That wasn’t the problem though.  He was Jewish and not accepted.  They were blamed for [...]

Civil War

In 1861 the Civil War started and I had just turned 17. My father felt he needed to enlist so he become a confederate soldier and was killed in his first battle. My mother was devastated and I became the head of the household. Relatives were concerned about me with all the [...]