This is an account of the first twenty-two years of my life from 1940 to 1958. This is volume one of four. The second installment is titled SCRIBBLER (1958-1962); the third is SKEDADDLE (1962-1964) and the fourth is SIDEOUT (1964 to 2010.) All four are in print. I have also written SKETCHES (2012) an account of my life as a vintage poster dealer in France between 1978 and 2012. Finally, there is MOROCCO (2012) about a trip my wife, Jane Riles, and I took in the spring of 2012.