[Legally Blind: The Book] Blurb and Preface by mishrahsigni

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[Legally Blind: The Book] Blurb and Preface
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## _I will be publishing my entire 5-star reviewed, 560 page  book in  (approx) 100 parts of around 2000 words per post here on Steemit over the next three months.  Each post will have the tag "legallyblindthebook" for easy tracking._

## _The prologue was posted [here](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@mishrahsigni/terrorists-and-tango) already, even though it says it was chapter 1 (it was changed to the prologue after I made the video)_
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# Blurb

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Duncan Stroud is a sixty-year-old U.S. citizen from New York City and father of three, currently hiding out in Argentina where he fled to after his business was crushed by Robert De Niro, was sentenced to jail for a crime he did not commit, and was given a year to live due to a medical condition. This is the autobiographical story of that autistic boy’s sixty-year journey through life, a journey that goes from paradise to homelessness, poverty to riches, his days as a pioneer and inventor in Internet technology and holography with institutions such as IBM and MIT, ending up on the U.S. Marshal's Wanted list, on the U.S. government’s passport blacklist, over $1,000,000 in debt, and a suspected terrorist sympathizer. But his story is more that just an account of his adventures. This book is an examination of social, political, spiritual, and emotional issues at the core of our lives, and delves into the esoteric and arcane with stories of ghosts, aliens, saints, and demons as well as the works of philosophers, revolutionaries, scientists, gamblers, gurus, geniuses, and madmen to illustrate and deconstruct the nature of reality and the meaning of life.

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# Preface

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If the sheriff arrives
I’ll throw the wine
In his face
If your gatekeeper
Pulls my hand
I’ll break his arm

If the heavens don’t go round
To my heart’s desire
I’ll crush its wheels and
Pull out its roots

You have set up
A colorful table
Calling it life and
Asked me to your feast
But punish me if
I enjoy myself

What tyranny is this?

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###### *Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, Excerpt from “Love & Death,” by 13th-Century Persian poet, jurist, scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Translated by Nader Khalili, “Rumi, Fountain of Fire,” 1994.*

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<sup>Legally Blind | 1st edition; Copyright © Aug 17,2016 by Duncan Stroud; Cover Design by BEAUTeBOOK; Illustrations by Franca Barone; All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without written permission except in the case of brief quotations included in critical articles and reviews. For information, please contact the author at duncan.stroud@gmail.com.</sup>

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## THANKS FOR READING.  You can follow me here for the rest of the story:  @mishrahsigni 
*Duncan Stroud can currently be found dancing tango in Argentina. His book, "Legally Blind",  is available in [eBook](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KKCE4YA) and [hardcopy](https://www.createspace.com/6547088)*
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