This is the first volume of five of the personal memoirs of a most remarkable man: Alfred John Root (13 September, 1913 - 3 December 2003). He led an extraordinary life. He went blind from measles aged 18 months and into his adulthood until having a prism inserted into one eye which gave him partial sight only. But, astonishingly, he created and ran businesses, and made his own way by drive, talent, optimism, and some hard-earned luck. / We need to...