Making Of A Soul

The story here is one of interest pertaining to all who have lived during and through a period of developments like no other time in history. To grow up as a boy in rural America, Ernie saw changes in the world that advanced from the beginning life of true freedom and hard knocks, through technical advances for an easier life. With the advances of social caring and political correctness, lives have been improved upon with wonderful results. However, often times with the improvements, we find it is with a loss of some individual freedoms and personal ingenuity. With the invention of the automobile near the turn of the century, it was the year 1900 when Ernie's father, Merrill O. Fogg, was born. The world began to speed into the 20th century. The invention of the flying machine soon after in 1903, brought civilization to a front of unthinkable travel. It was unimaginable that 60 years later, men would walk on the moon. The Town of Freeport, Maine, though very rural, would see it's parallel of this advancement. Originally a farming, fishing and shipbuilding town, it soon became a hub of new ideas. Mr. L. L. Bean founded his sporting goods store soon after the beginning of the century. Over all these years, members of the Fogg family have worked for the company during it's advancement. Many shoe factories sprung up in the town during this period, giving the people in town and surrounding communities another means of livelihood. Ernie worked for the L. L. Bean Co., himself for a time while attending high school. Retrieving goods and merchandise from the warehouse, he and other boys would supply the packers with the items to be shipped all over the world. The packers, as remembered, werepositioned around an opening, containing a conveyer that carried the prepared packages to the floor below, the Freeport's U S Post Office. The company was a big influence in Ernie's life, beginning with respect for the way in which it helped the townspeople during the hard tFogg, Ernest E. is the author of 'Making Of A Soul ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781418483234 and ISBN 1418483230.