When I was young, I yearned for books. They were not a priority in my small family. Aside from an encyclopedia, there were no books in the house. There were newspapers and magazines. Our subscriptions included Field and Stream, True andPhotoplay, as well as a local paper and several New York tabloids. We did like to read periodicals.
I was an only child and loved to perusetheencyclopedia. I learned to enjoy survival stories from the outdoor magazines and developed a love of film and gossip from…
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