Just a Poor Country Boy
Marvin A. Singleton comes from a long line of physicians (his great-grandfather, himself the son of a physician, was granted the sixteenth medical license in Missouri). In this life story book, Singleton tells of his parents and their experiences in the oil fields of 1930s Texas, his own childhood on the outskirts of Houston, serving in the National Guard and a three-month stint as a medical student in Colombia—including a wild gold-buying spree down a river with two gun-toting strangers. In addition to his recollections about providing medical care to Native Americans in New Mexico, hippies in Haight-Ashbury, and locals in Missouri and New Zealand, Singleton details his successful career as a rancher and breeder of Polish Arabian racehorses and his dozen years as a senator in the Missouri General Assembly. Told with warmth and wit, this tale is a look back not only at one man's extraordinary life, but also offers a glimpse into the changing times of the twentieth century.
Author: Marvin A. Singleton