The Beginning

The auto biography of a man who could be sitting next to you now and you would never know it. Alan L Peterson is the definition of an average middle class American who has lived a life full of small adventures that have come to define his character. Born in 1948 to a very poor family that would eventually grow to 12 brothers and sisters Alan's unique look at the world through the eyes of a child shows that there was no knowledge of what they didn't have. There was only a curiosity and joy for life as it unfolded infront of him.

This first volume in the life of Alan L Peterson Shares stories from his youth as he lived with his expanding family in a basement with no house above.