The Storyville Project is a publication of the nonprofit organization, the Lakes Area Writers Alliance and is a collaboration of creative nonfiction and fiction from our Minnesota-based author/members. Because our members come from all walks of life, you will find a variety of subjects and styles within.The Lakes Area Writers Alliance's goal is to encourage and support our fellow writers.Everyone published in this book, and all who worked to see it...

This is the true story of John Hurd, who was born in a tarpaper shack, the son of a sharecropper in Tennessee. He was the fourth of five children who lost their father in a highway incident when the youngest was barely two months old. With the help of relatives, the family held together until all had finished school and the two youngest obtained college degrees.The story follows John through his service in the US Navy during the Korean War, his college experiences, and into the cor...