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ABC As Simple As That

by Luther F. Crenshaw

125 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-0618; ISBN 1-4120-0249-4; US$15.00, C$21.00, EUR13.70, £9.50

Read the author's opinion about life topics and his autobiography.

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About the Book This book is divided into two sections, the first of which includes the author's opinions about life topics. These include religion, energy, aging and many more. The second section is an autobiography of Luther Crenshaw, the author.

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About the Author Luther Crenshaw worked as a professional musician, playing trumpet, from 1936 to 1942 in dance bands throughout the mid-west. He traveled in a sleeper bus and mostly played one nighters. Nights off, he lived in hotels. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in February 1942 and went to the U.S. Navy School of Music. From there in Washington D.C., he was assigned to different bands. Luther Crenshaw played aboard the U.S.S Idaho, in Dearborn Michigan and in Norfolk, Virginia. Crenshaw was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1948 and went to work for the Ford Motor Company in 1948 and retired Jan. 1st 1986. He played trumpet on weekends and continues to play through his 23 years of retirement.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1 ABC (Simple As That)

Chapter 2

Chapter 3 Abandonment

Chapter 4 Bureaucracy

Chapter 5 Abortion

Chapter 6 Communism Versus Capitalism

Chapter 7 Democracy

Chapter 8 Energy

Chapter 9 Evolution-Religion-Superstition-UFO's

Chapter 10 UFO's

Chapter 11 Music Appreciation

Chapter 12 Marriage

Chapter 13 Money

Chapter 14 Sports

Chapter 15 War

Chapter 16 Aging

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FOREWORD AND CONCLUSION

Opinions will and may vary, but facts stay the same.

The chapters that were written in 1992 apply today, except for some finance changes. Eleven years makes a difference. I know! If you read this- some will agree and some (because of my age) will call me a "wacky" old man.

I believe our nation is suffering from "cognitive dissonance". No one wants to hear pessimism. William Joy of Sun Microsoft said, "What if the reality is that people have already bought most of the stuff they want to own?"

Robert Trigaux, St. Pete Times, "I'm not worried about that. Maybe the better question is: What if more people can't sustain a standard of living to meet their basic needs, much less quench the desire for an endless stream of other stuff?"

Greed,, money and selfish power are the "root of all evil". Corporations, moving their tax base to Bermuda, moving the manufacturing base overseas. It's a shame they lack the patriotism of the average American. They must have learned it from the German pessimist Friedrich Wilhelm Neitsche who said, "Patriotism is for imbeciles!" They studied his philosophy real well.

We subsidize agriculture, housing, transportation, and big business, yet some family man loses his job and can't pay his taxes, they put them out on the street. Fifteen million Federal and State employees don't have to worry too much about losing their jobs.

My state of Florida is cutting programs and downsizing. People are crying out! I hope it's not too late.

PREFACE

My line of Crenshaw's has run out. There were the Woodworth's and Crenshaw's. My Mother's people were the House's and Hecox's. Prior to that there were a mixture of Irish, Scottish, English, French, German that married and crossed the land in wagons and settled in Ohio, Illinois and Missouri.

Kristen is a mixture of fourteen nationalities.

Since man became semi-civilized the heads of tribes have sat around the fires with their immediate progeny and related a philosophy of life. Usually from the elders. Since I am eighty-five now and time is of the essence, I am going to tell you what I believe. "To be positive is an absurd foible, it adds to your defeat, and lessens your triumph."

I'm so sure of my conviction, that I'm 99% positive.

I've lived by the rules of man as a good citizen. I've never been in jail. I paid my taxes. Served my country in World War II. Raised a family. In other words, I'm a good citizen. Therefore, I have a right to speak my mind.

Here it is!

To Judy, Doug and Kristin

I was born in Alexandria, MO November 1st, 1917. We had 650 residents. I'll say, we were not rich, "men of means by no means". We had a railroad, the CB& Q, P.O. and and elevator (grain). Mostly farmers. But, we had the Mississippi River. Could any boy want more? We could play pirate in our flat boat, push through the mud and swim, and catch big batfish. Carp, buffalo, sturgeon, big ones. What a delightful boyhood time. My brother and I. His name was Quinby, but I called him Budge (short for brother). Budge was 52 years old when he died. Left a wife and three children. "Life like a dome of many colored glass, stains the white radiance of eternity." P.B. Shelley quoted that. The good die young, and he was good. I'm 85..OK,OK.

We used to row our flat boat down to Uncle Quin Hecox's Gum Club. He was my mother's brother. They put "blinds" and duck decoys in the river to shoot mallard ducks and geese, with their 12 gauge shotguns.

I never did that for two reasons. I don't like that kind of sport, like killing and like each duck only had about four ounces of meat. Mallards like to live too.

We had an elementary school. A nice brick building, with a privy for the girls, and a privy for the boys. The school went through the eighth grade. I even remember some of the teachers. There was Edna Brosi, and Jane Sue Price, both from Canton, MO. We had a man from Germany. A really good teacher. Can't remember his name. The one great man I remember, my mentor: Floyd H. Rodgers. He taught all the subjects, but, you won't believe this, He Taught Band.

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