From Paper Routes To Sea Routes (Bill Atkinson)
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Bill Krieger interviews William “Bill” Atkinson about his life experiences and challenges growing up in Lansing, Michigan.
Send us Fan Mail A life can look ordinary on paper and still be packed with turning points you only hear when someone tells the story out loud. We talk with William “Bill” Atkinson, a longtime Lansing, Michigan resident and United States Navy Reserve veteran, about growing up near General Motors, watching neighborhoods vanish as I-496 is built, and learning grit the old-fashioned way on a newspaper route. He’s honest about school being rough and why he believes you do not truly learn until yo...
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