Troubles A Trilogy Situations Choices Consequences Dickie Hilton 9780692767481 Books
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Dickie Hilton was a war-baby born in 1943 in Oakland, CA. He didn't know his mother; she abandoned him when he was a year old. She handed him over to the woman who babysat for her. Dickie didn't know his father either; he was away in the service. Dickie was gone by the time he returned home. At that young of an age, Dickie has no memories of anyone except for the man and woman who raised him. They are the ones he called Mom and Dad. When he was between the ages of 10 and 12 years old he lost a brother he didn't know he had. Then later he lost the women he called 'Mother and Grandmother' together. All of them died in horrible, tragic accidents. He's been down so many roads his entire life finding himself in one situation after another. Some were good, some were not so good, and in some cases they turned his life upside down. Looking back now he knows he brought it on himself all because of the choices he made. Almost everyone at one time or another in their life ends up in a situation or situations that are beyond their control and they have to make a choice. People don’t think about the consequences of those choices or can't see they may be getting into a worse situation or that their actions or in-actions could cause undesirable consequences; all of which can shape a life either in a good way or bad, just as his choices did in his own life. He couldn't see the messes he was making at those times in his life until it was too late (first as a runaway at 15-1/2 with the horrors of being on the road, entering the Navy at 16-1/2, becoming a UDT Frogman sent to Vietnam and experiencing the horrors of war, then ending up in prison at 19 with fears of unknown dangers therein). After prison, he was successful in Arkansas and Oklahoma as a Master Mason in construction that later led getting into the oil development. Governor Reagan pardoned him in recognition of his successes.
Troubles A Trilogy Situations Choices Consequences Dickie Hilton 9780692767481 Books
A very interesting biography of an exceptional life. And, a tribute to what you can overcome and achieve, despite significant obstacles. Dickie Hilton had the strength and the desire, and he succeeded. Very inspirational. A book we couldn't put down. Diana and Steve B..Product details
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Troubles A Trilogy Situations Choices Consequences Dickie Hilton 9780692767481 Books Reviews
Dickie Hilton was a war baby whose father and mother walked out of his life early on. Growing up with foster parents, he survived close encounters with bears and rattlesnakes. Still in his teens, he became a “frogman” – a forerunner of today’s elite Navy Seals. After surviving three missions in Vietnam, Hilton went on the run rather than risk a revenge death by a brig master. As a convicted safecracker in a notorious prison, he walked away from another near-death encounter.
Hilton’s story is an extraordinary real-life tale that has something for everyone. It’s about the prodigal son and ex-con who laid millions of bricks to become Sam Walton’s go-to builder. He became an oil baron who fell to earth, losing when he lost $36 million in a single day. On the way, he raced cars on the national circuit, beat the house in casinos, cheated death flying airplanes and jumping from them. Hilton crashed boats, loved women and reared children. Along the way, he rubbed shoulders with Hollywood stars and won a governor’s pardon.
This is a raw, unembellished story-telling by a hospice patient who hopes his hard-won lessons might inspire some despairing young man in a prison cell to turn his life around. Read it yourself.
I have just begun reading, and amazed by what I've read so far.
A very interesting biography of an exceptional life. And, a tribute to what you can overcome and achieve, despite significant obstacles. Dickie Hilton had the strength and the desire, and he succeeded. Very inspirational. A book we couldn't put down. Diana and Steve B..
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