Rising Above a Dream

Milton McDonald Farley the fourth child of seventeen was born on June 8 1908 into a world that will take him years to untangle. Predicted to become a man amongst men his journey will not be an easy one. <p> When his mother Martha dies shortly after his birth Aunt Shalla and Uncle Carl raise him until his father Hollis forces him into a world of abuse at the age of ten. Milton endures the vindictive and manipulative ways of his stepmother Marie-Joyce until he runs away from home to the Kohls a white German family who treats him like one of their own.<p> During the hot summer days working on the farm Milton makes time for his first love Lucy but he soon leaves her to work in Philadelphia with Dr. Zoenfeld. Despite a promising future in dentistry Milton's dream is to become a farmer and a great landowner utilizing his own fertilizer formula so he returns home to a life in the fields.<p> Dealing with life's struggles of hardship love racism and abuse Milton must find a way to create his own destiny. What he learns from his family and those closest to him will change him forever.