The Little Gringo

About the Book

“When we think of Martyr, most people

have in mind men who have died or been

crucifi ed or jailed for espousing causes in

which they believed…”

Claude M. Bristol

The Magic of Believing

“Th e greatest of all forms of happiness comes

as the result of hope of achievement of some

yet unattained desire”.

Napoleon Hill

The Master Key to Riches

About the Author

Simo is my friend. I know so little about him and yet I know so much about him, as though I had known home many years. He has the aura  of that innocence which children have and yet he has not the innocence of a child, nor is he a child. He can look to his childhood and he can look to his future, and he is full of life.

He has faith in himself and in others. He is pleasant; he has an infections joy in life. There are no barriers of language or custom or culture that keep him from saying “ I am a human being. I am alive. I love life. There are times when I am happy and there are times when I am sad. This moment is the most important in life for me. I know the secret of love--- the meaning that the great philosophers of the  ages have struggled with and have found to be so simple. But I too make it difficult at times.” That is the secret of Simo: he knows his humanity, and he knows the secret of love.

He is the prince of the Cameroon. He is a true prince, as true as any man worthy of the title. I am a man who has little regard for titles. When I use them I do so not because I believe in them---even for myself. I wince when I use them, even for the clergy, and often I do not. But Simo is the Prince of the Cameroon---one knows this instinctively. He does not affect it; others give it.

Simo faces many struggles in life. He will have many responsibilities that the must bring himself to accept. He will no doubt have the opportunity to repay a thousandfold to someone else what little friendship I have been able to offer him. He is a universal man; he is a child of God; he is a bridge between the hearts of men. Whether to the media of this word he is a famous or a little-known man eat the end of his life, he will make his mark on this earth. He is appointed to fulfil a destiny, and it is for this that he has been taught the secret of love.

When I read this book I was fascinated, even though I was reading a draft that had yet to be edited. I have never written a book, but I have heard of editors. The bad ones are legendary, but the good ones are like great artists and should be celebrated. It is my hope that Simo’s editor will not destroy the essence of this story---its spirit. It is a touching tale of the author and his world and its religions by finding the common bond that is in us all. And it is about a young man’s native land---a very important land in this world---in a very simple tale that I am sure you will enjoy no matter what your age or station in life or what your culture. Even if you cannot read it, as some will not, I know now that others will enjoy reading it to you in whatever translation.