Sam Lane started his life as a poor little boy in southern Arkansas where his father eked out a living on the farm with the help of Sam and his brother doing all of the chores from an early age. He graduated from Little Rock High School where he put himself through...
Returning to his home state of Florida after a successful career in the US Navy, Walter “Monk” Reynolds wrote his book, Monk’s Journey. It is the story of his remarkable life, growing up in rural Florida seventy-five years ago. There he lived a life of poverty and...
“Florence’s Story, 1902 to 2002, As told to Marjory Lyons” by Florence Mills 2002 A story of 100 years of living. “As a child, I always thought something good was going to happen. I kept thinking, ‘Well, things aren’t so bad, are they?’ I just didn’t...
By Elaine F. Needell, MD This is the companion piece to her husband’s memoir. Elaine tells when she met Mervin, and how they attended medical school, internship and residency together. She speaks of Miami in 1950s, and what it was like starting a family, her own...
By Mervin H. Needell, MD This is a life story by a Miami physician, who for two months every year worked in impoverished countries around the world, including India, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nicaragua, Colombia, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, and Lambarene, Gabon...
By Abe Spieler You Can Call Me Brooklyn by Abe Spieler is a marvelous story of spirit, daring and adventure, moving from peak to valley and back again starting on the streets of Brooklyn where he grew up, to service during WWII in the Navy in the South Pacific, to his...