Article details Tom McHugh’s early life after he dropped out of high school and traveled the country. He did some time as on an oil tanker, a dredger and a lumberjack before he came back to work on his father’s farm. They argued about how to run the farm and his father pointed him to a printing shop which morphed into a job as a newspaper reporter. The article summarizes his activities as a reporter getting into various problems with political officials, the police, and in court. Recently, Tom has been focused on writing historical pieces and says he doesn’t regret anything he has done in life.