My paternal grandfather died five years before I was born. I know of him only through family lore: Though only 5 foot, 5 inches and weighing more than 220 pounds, he could perform full backflips and run 100 yards in 11 seconds. After a spell in the carnival, his brothers brought him into their auctioneering business so he could afford to marry my grandmother. In the early 20th century, auctions were mostly about livestock and estates after deat…
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