Dad would have loved this

I grew up in a town of about 600 people.  My dad wrote at least 30 and maybe as many as 80 or 100 letters to the editor.   He told me that a long time back the editor of the paper refused to print one of his first letters.  So he had copies made and hand delivered them to every door in town.  The paper never turned down his letters again.

Dad wrote books also - religious and political criticism.  Publishers were not clambering for that subject matter, and he dug into his pocket - our family's resources - to print a few thousand copies.  Yes, he paid to have his books published, and they pretty much went nowhere.  As he so rightly said, "people don't want to hear common sense".

So, he sent copies to libraries around the nation and even took a couple road trips to hand deliver them.  Hal Hall wrote several books, including: Even to the Last Man; The Wealth of Persons; The Great Conflict.  They're probably waiting at a library near you.  Who knows how many have survived the various library-book sales over the years.

A couple years ago, I found a short western among his things.  It's not a great story, but what I like about it is the flow and rhythm of his Kansas-Arkansas English.  You can tell it's him in there.  I think I might post it.

Dad died in 1992.  He would have loved this. 

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