In October of 1949 at the age of fourteen I ran away from home to the Dallas State Fair. I worked at a grab joint. I sold hot dogs, sodas and beer. I wasn’t supposed to handle the beer but did. I worked from 6 am to 1 am for the last 10 days of the fair. At night I would sneak into the cattle barns and crawl up in the hay to sleep. I got all the hamburgers and hot dogs I could eat and after tear down was given 20 dollars.
At the end of the fair I was taken to the Rio Grande Valley with the co…
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