Publisher's Synopsis
I was born 1933 - Albany New York - age four and a half - put in an orphanage for three and a half years - near New York City - ran away from the second orphanage upstate New York - lived with my Grandfather - in the cellar for three and a half years - stayed at times with my godfather - a member of the Black Hand - which preceded the Ma? a - started to drink as a little boy -could not read - spell - or write - for years - ?unked two grades before the fourth grade - excelled in sports - did graduate high school 1952 - three years Marine Corp -acting career in New York - Hollywood 1959 - career and drinking going well - as of July 2016 - I have been sober over forty-seven years -
The Long Walk Home - will most likely be the last book I write - I am eighty-three years old - this book is important to me - it goes over to a degree what has been said in my previous books - The End Was A Beginning - the ?rst - the second The Silent Voice - in much more detail - it is threaded with the never- ending presence of loneliness - but more signi?cantly it brings forth the Four Absolutes -
Honesty - Purity - Unsel?shness - Love - which were given to me in 1986 - I have talked about these principles in my previous books - I made clear that if these principles were incorporated in society at hand - the world would change in an instant - this I believe is the power of these four words - the society that exists at present - the persistence of - sel?shness - self-centeredness - permeated with dishonesty - beyond reproach - the distortion of purity - the use of the word - love - as a panacea - to cover the vile of discontent that exists in the world as is lived in - every crime - every murder - every twisted thought - every lie - every sel?sh act - every thought of hate - would be reduced to the pleasantries of memory - I cannot - predict where society will rest seventy years from now - 2016 - I do know that in 1927 the world population was two billion - 1960 three billion - 2011 seven billion - projection 2083 ten billion - will make up our society - if the culture is not changed - the present will be a reality for the future - this may be a morbid statement - it is a true statement - for sure - society is doing nothing to change the silhouette as is known - the simple life is but a dream of realities - taken from the books well-read - by masters - of the past - what is our destiny -
