Beyond By Reason of Childhood

Come along for the ride as the less-than-intrepid insecure author Francis 'Frank J. Connelly picks up where <I>By Reason of Childhood</I> left off-walking down life's highway represented by Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn New York.</p><P><I>Beyond by Reason of Childhood</I> begins with Connelly en route to the U.S. Army induction center on Whitehall Street. From there it's merely a series of hops skips and jumps to Fort Dix New Jersey for basic training; Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania for Morse Code Intercept Operator training; and on to the mountains valleys and rice paddies of South Korea. Fourteen months later after an honorable discharge from the military Frank meets Anne Marie Fleming. The couple marry and as time slips away they find themselves being compared to a five-and-dime (for their five children and ten grandchildren).</p><p>Along the way Connelly works at various jobs: hauling cable for Western Electric growing hair for Wybrandt Hair and Scalp Specialists and spending twenty years on the New York Police Department. Near the end of his career in law enforcement mental and physical difficulties and the debilitating effects of hypoglycemia take their toll on Connelly. Will his story have a happy ending?</p>