Born in Cornwall, New York in the early thirties, Joseph was the youngest of a brood of six. The family resided in a valley in The Forest of Dean by the Hudson River. The family relocated to Connec...view moreBorn in Cornwall, New York in the early thirties, Joseph was the youngest of a brood of six. The family resided in a valley in The Forest of Dean by the Hudson River. The family relocated to Connecticut in the mid-thirties.
In his teens, he often sat listening to his brothers reminiscing of their days of happiness in the old homestead.
After serving in the military during the Korean War, he married. A bit later he, his bride and brothers revisited their beloved valley to find a Dam had been built across the valley creating a lake. Thus, the valley is at present under water and exists only in memory.
The many adventures experienced by his siblings in that enchanted valley were denied the author. Subsequently it remains one of many disappointments he has harbored over the years. He now lives out those adventures through Leland Thomas and the other characters in the town of Penrith.view less