Back when I was a student at BU in 1973, I took a course in oral history from Dr. Thomas Charlton.
I recorded my grandfather's remembrances of his life as a cowboy in the Rio Grande Valley and got an A.
Years later, I made a documentary film about it called Border Bandits.
I've posted it up on YouTube, so you can watch for free.
It's a pretty dark story, but it is all true, and provable.
And it has a connection to the actress Eva Longoria.
My grandfather buried one of her ancestors.
True.
Go here to watch:
“If you have a job without aggravations, you don’t have a job.”
Malcolm Forbes