Pursuing The One Thing Necessary

This is a story about a boy named Patrick, born in the American heartland during the Great Depression. His story covers his formative years, from a ten-year-old boy to a young man of thirty. This fictitious novel is inspired by actual events and experiences from the lives of the author and others. Patrick is a fighter who learns to fight more effectively with words, but he never loses his fighting spirit. He becomes a scholar after learning the value and importance of education from his fat...