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From a Dime a Dozen to Priceless [Kindle Edition]

Steve Mizera
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Follow this orphan through two orphanages in Pennsylvania from the age of 2 until the age of 14 when he runs away because he was sexually abused and lives on the streets of Philadelphia.

A four-year stint in the US Air Force is followed by a concurrent pursuit of education including law school while working as a conductor on the railroad and publishing a small town newspaper. Many relationships are attempted but none succeed.

A despicable crime earns him a punishment of a 20 year sentence in Folsom State Prison in California. Considered the most violent US prison in the 80s, cunning, luck and mainly a latent faith allows him to survive..

Following an early release he spends almost twenty years as a public servant, using computer skills learned before leaving the prison system.

The essence of this unbelievable autobiography is a quest to find the answers to two questions that haunt society and whose experts have been unable to answer.

What is a cause and what is a cure for pedophilia?

If those experts read this autobiography, they may find clues or answers to each question. The author discovers his answers by re-living his life through this writing.

Because of the content of this unique book, there is a printed warning that must be read before reading this unique life story.

This book is intended for open-minded adults, parents, teachers, coaches, scout leaders, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, law enforcement and justice officials, and perhaps Christians who might just want to read the mother of all testimonies.

It is especially directed at those persons on the verge of committing the same crime for which Steve A. Mizera spent a frightening time in prison in the hope that they will not repeat his mistake and ruin their life, and create a victim whose life will also be destroyed.

At times this book is both funny and serious. The reader may cry or get angry. Whatever else it may be, it is also an education that may not be available anywhere else.

Elizabeth McCrory wrote the introduction to this book in which she offers the reader plenty of reasons to read it:
"Steve Mizera would not have chosen the childhood he was forced to endure. Nobody would. News reports pop up all the time about figures in positions of leadership using their superiority and power to abuse trusting young children. Boy Scout leaders, Catholic Priests, and even more recently, Penn State coaches have all been stigmatized for their role in the suffering of children under their watch.

Unfortunately for Steve, the institution he lived in as a young boy included the stereotypical pedophiliac activity making headlines today.

His journey starts in a very dark place, and brings the reader through his adolescence to his adulthood, including details of the horror he inflicted on victims of his own, eventually finding a new life in Christ, with a loving family that he had been robbed of as a boy.

Along the way, the author describes his own theories and insights regarding the choices of those around him, as well as his own.

When the opportunity arose for me to help proofread and edit his initial writings, I found myself intrigued, hoping his words will help reach others and possibly assist them to seek help and/or enlightenment of their own. As it is often said, if this book helps stop one child from being abused, or steers one offender toward rehabilitation, then his goal will have been fulfilled."



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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 449 KB
  • Publisher: Steve A. Mizera (July 5, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005AX7CIU
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #424,645 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars wow amazing, July 26, 2011
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This book is outstanding. Such a powerful meaning in this book. i recommend this read to anybody that likes real stories. If you want to know how others life differs from ours please read read this book. Many don't know real life these days because they live in a virtual-reality. This book will open your mind to reality period.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Modern Version of "From Rags to Riches" With a Rewarding Twist, July 12, 2011
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This should become a classic. The author reveals what life in orphanages was like in the middle 1900s in Pennsylvania. He runs away and lives on the streets of Philadelphia and describes survival which could serve as a manual.

He has no success with relationships nevertheless he starts a newspaper in a small town and takes on the establishment. He accomplishes this while attending law school and working as a conductor on the railroad.

He is not afraid to reveal his deepest secrets and discusses a despicable crime for which he has to learn survival once again in Folsom State prison, the most violent US prison in the early eighties.

In his final chapters he does experience love which turns his life around completely.

The author.has a profound message for the authorities. It should make psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and law enforcement take notice.

A reader might consider this to be a tremendous confession of sins only the Son of God could forgive.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, September 20, 2011
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Interesting to read. Very nice life story. Regret i did not find it earlier. should be a best seller it really deserve it.
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More About the Author

I was raised in St. Francis Orphan Asylum in Orwigsburg, PA from 1942 until 1952. I was transferred to St. Joseph's House for Homeless and Industrious Boys in Philadelphia, PA.
Because of what happened to me in both orphanages, and how it affected the rest of my life, I decided to share these experiences.
Readers of my unbelievable autobiography have emailed me that they shed tears and laughed at my writing.
I lived on the streets of Philadelphia for a few years and became a survivalist. My first legitimate job was with Gimble's Department store in Philly. A boss there called me a dime a dozen and I ripped off $25,000 worth of tires to prove I was worth more.
The next half century finds me in the Air Force, as a salesman for the California Fruit Exchange, involved in Young Republican politics, then off to law school while working as a railroad conductor and publishing a newspaper in a small northern California town.
I get convicted of a despicable crime and serve time in Folsom Prison,the most violent prison in California.
It is this crime which convinced me I had to write my autobiography to hopefully prevent other victims. I also needed to understand the cause and if there was a cure to my crime. The experts say both are unknown. I found both the cause and cure to mine.
After a twenty year career with the State of California, I retired in 2004 and have been traveling around the country enjoying my hobby of photography. I produce what I call vistagraphs which are very large panoramic photographs on canvas. My website is vistagraphs.net

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