A True Real Life Turn Of The Century Memoir Of Great Adventure Along With Great Loss And Continued Hope & Perseverance. With Bigger Than Life Character's Such As: William McMahon ( Author / Writer, Politician, Lawyer, Lover Of Life and Family ), Stephen Crane ( Red Badge Of Courage ), Count Sergei Witte ( Early Russian Oligarch ), " Red " ( Chicago Mobster ), John Reed ( Poet ), Eugeen Wood, Alfred Henry Lewis and so many others including sharing The Summer Of 1898 with a World Renowned Author. Creating and Living The Historic " Dawson City Of Gold Rush. " " This Madness Over Gold Soon Got Under My Skin And I Went Back To Dawson To Await The Results Of My Claims. For A While I Lived In An Adobe Joint. Jack Occupied The Room Next To Me One Side And Gene The Room On The Other Side. Gene Was The Editor Of The Only Newspaper In Dawson Called The Dawson City Nugget and Jack Was A Writer.What conversations could they have had over whiskey and fire ? How could these experiences have influenced each other's writing ? How many other adventures were to come ???A Short Bio & Background Here: " I Was Born In Caughdenoy, A Little Village Of Northern New York State, September 10, 1871. I Don't Think There Was Much Of A Bell Ringing To Celebrate The Occasion... " Maybe It Will Be Published, ? " Said My Wife. " Maybe. " " Maybe We'll Get A Lot Of Money ? " " Maybe. " " Maybe Some Television Expert Will Run The Events In The Book On Television, Like A Serial ? " " Might Be. " " Then We Might Get A Million Dollars Out Of It ? " " Might " " What Will We Do With It ? Asks My Wife With Much Perplexity. You Are 85 And I'm Going On Seventy. We Don't Want To Go Anywhere, We Have Clothing Enough And Goodness Knows We Don't Want To Eat Any More..." " Do You Know What I'd Be In Favor Of Doing With Our Million ? " " What ??? " " Give It Away...That Would Really Be More Fun Than Anything Else... " " Don't You Think So ??? " " I Surely Do, " " I Replied..." These words are some of the final thoughts in my Great Grand Fathers Autobiography. My name is Corey R Jackson and this is. " The Ups And Down's Of John Doe " Thank You For This Purchase And For Sharing Cherished Family Memories...