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When I First Arrived In This World In May Of 1935 I Was Naked Wet Hungry And Broke. Almost Immediately Within Literal Seconds Of My Arrival On Scene I Was Struck From Behind By A Person Or Persons Unknown. Small Wonder I Suppose That I Continued To Have Little Use For Welcome Wagon For Some Years Thereafter. And I Didn'T Even Want To Hear About Some Other Dude'S Humble Beginnings In Say A Deserted Duck Blind In The Parched Dakota Outback! Thus Begins The Touching And Humorous Story Of Ron Pataky And His Younger Brother Gordon A Couple Of Depression-Era Boys Irreverently Tossed Into The Tumbling Kaleidoscope Of Mid-1930S America When Easily-Remembered Melodies And The Lyrics Of Love Filled The Radio Airwaves And When Sole Ownership Of A One-Dollar Silver Certificate Actually Meant Something To The Holder. Over The Next Ten Years - Including The War Years From 1941 To 1945 -- The Boys Would Be Shuttled From School To School (Nine Schools In All!) In No Less Than Eight Cities And Would Exist In Near-Constant Fear Of A Young Emotionally-Unprepared Father With A Blazing Temper And Precious Little In The Way Of Self-Control!The Much-Beloved Brother Gordon Would Eventually Commit Suicide. This Is Ron'S Story.