Don't mention the tragedies..

The author says that he has never written with such honesty before in his life, and you should believe him, dear reader. This is a story written by a grandfather about his addicted grandson. The grandfather knew his grandson as a young boy and thought that he did not know him as a young man. The young man was Joplin, who made his home on the street, traveled, and learned to jump on freight trains. The road everywhere became his home as well, and he was one of those wanderers who had a myste...