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Fisherman turns writer at 98!

Fisherman turns writer at 98!

For most of his life, Captain James Arruda Henry was illiterate. He earned his living for decades as a fisherman and began to read and write only in his mid-nineties. But despite his late start, his literacy skills slowly evolved from practising his signature to producing a hand-written autobiography at 98 years of age! In a Fisherman's Language was recently published and is testimony to the fact that, at any age, with hard work and perseverance, we can accomplish amazing things! See this story at Illiterate until the age of 96, 98 year-old man writes first book (www).