80 Years and Counting
Eighty Years and Counting: A Wisconsin Childhood and More According to legend Victor Hugo locked himself in his room, took off all his clothes and vowed to stay there until he finished his novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Preface Maureen Murdock, Mary Karr, The Art of the memoir A Wisconsin Childhood 1. Ed Gein and Me The fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all. Howard P Lovecraft 2. Saved at Seven I was six. . . . I waited at the end of a short line to get saved. Ruth A. Tucker, Walking Away from Faith 3. Two Hundred Acres Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer 4. Sexual Abuse “I stood up for myself and I’ve shown him I’ve stood up for myself so it’s been worth it” (Sexual Violence Survivor – Anon) 5. College Life “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” —Malcolm X. Knowledge is power. 6. Island of Eden “Falling in lo...