I imagine that, for a lot of us, it is hard to find words to say what we feel. I am going to try. The phrase "gentleman and a scholar" certainly describes Michael. It was a pleasure to have corresponded with him. Right after Christmas, he sent me a copy
of his latest book as a way of saying thanks for helping him find some rifles over the years. He didn't have to do that, but he did.
I asked him to autograph it to my now 11 month old son, which he did. On a whim, at the beginning of this month, I sent him a link to a video of my son playing with our golden retriever. Michael wrote:
"Fred,
That's so cool, ever kid should grow up with a dog.
Regards,
Michael"
When my son is old enough, I will give him the book, I will tell him about Michael and let him read the e-mails.
I'd like to think that right now he is the company of all the great gunsmiths that he wrote about, and that he got to meet
S-Man and was right about his identity. And Whitey is there too, smile.
