William Karl Thomas
What might have happened if my millionaire Godfather, H. Grady Meadow, had succeeded in his desire to adopt me, against the wishes of his wife Sadie Meadow, who intended for her nephew, D. Boone Pickens, to inherit control of the Gulf Oil Company, of which her husband was president at the time. Instead, I ended up, as my memoir "The Genteel Poor" hopefully reveals, with a far greater mother and all the positive lessons that poverty can teach.
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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
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No real questions I'm afraid, only a note to say I just finished 'The Genteel Poor' and I was enthralled through the entire story. I am from Biloxi (now living in the UK) and so much of it brought me back to the Coast of my childhood. What a fascinating story and family! You have a huge fan now....what should I read next?
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