From the Family Archives

So have I ever told you about the time my dad was held hostage by a gun-wielding madman?

No, I didn’t think so.

My dad was quite young at the time, under ten years of age, so perhaps his memories of the incident aren’t 100% accurate, but on the other hand it’s not the sort of thing you’d easily forget.

My dad, his parents, and his two older brothers were living at home in an isolated farm in Markham township in northern Minnesota. They were going about their ordinary day when a man ...