Chapter 29: Giants in the Land
I altogether immersed myself in my new studies, my mind expanding in different directions at the same time. Knowledge is a transforming experience, especially to one who knows nothing as once he thought. Particularly fascinating, the etymology of words and constructive language of speech, which further accentuated my discovery of the Holy Bible. Everything fit marvelously together. I felt like a singularity ignited in time and space, something new with exciting potential. I desired nothing of the world, yet hungered for the meaning of worldly knowledge. This hunger would remain insatiable for many years to come—maybe the rest of my life.
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Distance Traveled: A Chronicle in Time
Non-FictionThis is an autobiographical novel beginning in a small town in old south America. It records the life of a young man growing up in the shadow of the escalating Viet Nam war and eventually joining the United States Marine Corps to become a part of t...
