A Root Awakening: An Autobiography

A Root Awakening is an autobiographical about me the author. The book is about family's history and my early years being raised during the Second World War. Living in Detroit my family was well removed from our relatives who were still living in Mexico. Growing up I was always curious about those mysterious relatives. However, due to some unusual circumstances and as I got older I realized that I might be able to go down and meet those relatives. The book is about the trip that I made on my own in 1954. One of my ambitions was to ride up in the mountains and that is my story and how I was able to accomplish that mission. There are many small adventures that took place before my journey into the hills. It was me and my new found cousins who rode up into the mountains with a guide. Consequently, I was able to fulfill my dreams.

My name is Ramon Quezada and I am a Mexican-American born on August 18, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. Both my parents Miguel and Luisa Quezada emigrated from Mexico into the United States in 1915. My mother died when I was two years old and then a grandaunt, her husband and son moved in with us to help my father raise my sister, my three brothers and I. Much of my early years were during the Second World War. I attended grade and high school in Detroit. I was active in high school playing football, running track, singing in the choir and acting in school plays. After high school I worked for a stockbrokerage firm. I married had one child and was divorced a few years later. The stockbrokerage firm eventually transferred me to New York City where I worked on Wall Street for the rest of my career. I am now a senior citizen semi-retired and do modeling, write and do television whenever I can. I now live in Brooklyn.