， I ioined the Army.\"
stl~esiologist said.
away as Prince went
~amed of the nurse s
eyes， understanding
e dreamed. I wonder
:e that? I bet she did.
CHAPTER ONE
THE ROCK
The Kansas~Oklahoma Border
The woman died from her first labor of love
without ever seeing her son， James Edward
Prince. When World War Two broke out， the
father left the sobbing little boy on the steps of
an orphanage， with a cardboard suitcase
holding all the child s possessions. The father
told the boy he d be back--someday. The
elder Prince took a bullet in the chest while
ferrying troops from ship to shore on Nor-
mandy Beach and James Prince was truly
alone. He had no other kin. Families took him
in， for he was a nice-looking child， and seem-
ingly very intelligent. Those families attemp-
ted to show him love， trying to make a home
for him. But Jim would have none of it. He
remained alone， in his heart， at least， if not in
his actual surroundings.
As a child， Jim did not care to participate in
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