Come Share My Life

About the Book

I wrote this autobiography so my sons would know something about my life before I married their mother. The names of places and well-known public figures are as accurate as my memory permits. I have changed other names to protect the identities of the persons involved, alive or dead.

I have changed some details to "make the story believable", since truth is often stranger than fiction. I have changed other details in order to "never let the truth stand in the way of a good story".

This autobiography consists of three parts. The Backbone chapters are arranged in a conventional way, going from birth to marriage. This leaves room for my two sons to write their own autobiographies from this point on.

The Sidebar chapters appear next, arranged in alphabetical order. I felt the "backbone" would have been unwieldy if it had incorporated all the "sidebar" subjects and events.

The Short Story chapters appear last, also in alphabetical order. Most of them are previously published short stories based on actual events in my life, and appeared in Potpourri, a now defunct literary publication.

About the Author

The author was born in 1924, severely allergic to cow's milk, nuts and eggs. This greatly influenced his social and professional life. He graduated from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas with a BSME in 1944 as a mechanical engineer, a profession he followed until his retirement in 1991. He now lives in Lees Summit, Missouri.