From Innocence to Reality

About the Book

Since the winter of 1971 when my father and my brothers sued Keith, resulting in their paying him $91,839.60 for his stock, I have attempted to discover what would end the lasting conflict between the Harrison family and the Simms family. I have assumed, as do most Americans, that all problems have a solution, that the Harrisons and the Simmses would once again become one happy family. Yet, more than thirty years later, the solution has not been revealed. Therefore, as I am now nearing the last stage of my life, I have decided to adopt a different attitude. I shall settle for an examination of the past in order to determine the causes and to banish from my mind the achievement of a reunion between our families. Soon most of us who have been involved in the conflict will be with God in Heaven, and those left on earth will neither know, nor care. Thus, with the writing of this book, I shall hopefully gain peace, contentment and acceptance for life as it exists, rather than life as it were before the suit.

About the Author

Patricia Simms Harrison was born in Charleston, West Virginia and received her early education in the local schools, graduating from Stonewall Jackson High School 1945. She attended Ward-Belmont in Nashville, Morris-Harvey in Charleston and received a bachelor's degree from Marshall University in 1964. She later earned a master's degree from Marshall and continued her studies at the University of Kentucky in foreign language education. She has studied abroad at the University of Madrid in conjunction with New York University and received a doctorate in 1983 from Marshall University and West Virginia University. She has taught in the fields of Spanish, English and history at public schools in Cabell County, West Virginia and in Beaufort County, South Carolina. She has also instructed several classes in education at Marshall University and in Spanish for the University of South Carolina, Beaufort campus.