Thomas Hally was born and raised in San Francisco, California. After a truncated career as a United States Army Infantry Officer, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in History from the University of San Francisco. Helater studied (as an autodidact) and wrote poetry in the City by the Bay, transmogrifying into a post-Beatnik-post-Hippie-nouveau Bohemian.A short time later, Hally packed his rucksack and headed off for Madrid for a six-month sojourn. After...