Eim... (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781421886381)

i was born in brooklyn, n.y. on april 8th 1952. truman was president. ever since I was a little boy I have been in love with books and storytelling. i loved to hear stories told. in my neighborhood, the best stories were told by the older boys in the neighborhood or by drunken neighbors intent on dissing other drunken neighbors. the elderly were best. it was better than grade school. i was lucky enough in life to have a father who encouraged me to love words as he did, and, when I was a junior in high school, a teacher who helped me recognize the importance of cogent sentence structure and compelling content told well and spelt write i live on long island, off the coast of new York. i am married to the greatest woman who ever lived ( she made me write that ) and we have three children to boot. we boot them at every opportunity. they deserve it. i struggled through three colleges: north country community college in saranac lake, n.y., suny brockport n.y. and nassau community college here on long island. i did not do well, but that is not to say that i didn't learn anything during my stays there. knowledge is mostly paying attention, anyway. i have been a singer/songwriter on long island since 1967 when i was but fifteen years old. i have been doing so ever since. i'm very proud of my songs and consider them to be children of mine. following my demise, i am to be cremated and my ashes scattered in upstate n.y. however, had i chosen to be buried in earth and they gave me a tombstone, this is what I would have liked the inscription on that tombstone to have read if it were to truly reflect my personality ( as i view it ). here lies george francis palmer told a good story sang a good song got some right got some wrong

Author: George F. Palmer
ISBN-10: 1421886383
ISBN-13: 9781421886381
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Language: English
Published: 12/23/2011
Pages: 114
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d