This is the story about the boy from Henryville, Indiana. In 1895 when he was six years old his father passed away. His mother had to start working in a tomato Cannery leaving him to cook and care for his siblings. Life hit him hard at a very young age and because of the difficult situation he faced he had to work in farm at the age of 10. When he was in sixth grade, he dropped out of high school and left his home. He started working as a painter of horse carriages. When he was 16 he faked his age to enlist in the US Army. After being honorably discharged a year later he started working as a railway laborer and studied law at the nearby University until he ruined his legal career by getting into a fight. He was forced to move back to stay with his mom and get a job which selling life insurance. After some time he got fired for not following orders. Some years later he established a boat company and it was an instant success. Later on he tried cashin...