by Carolyn Leigh
Ron (Roland Lewis) Perry grew up in Tucson, Arizona, USA during the 1930s Depression. Both his grandfathers died young. Their widows and extended families instilled an early work ethic. Ron bought and sold before he was old enough to get a paying job: vegetables, rabbits, chickens and eggs, whatever helped buy things his parents couldn't afford. He collected, traded and sold stamps. Sometimes he found fragments of Native American pottery in the desert. Tucson dealers bought whatever he picked up.