Shot in the Butt: Lessons I've Learned About What NOT to Write

Every 5th grader should read this. Along with every adult who likes a chuckle at reality. All we learn in school is the heroic highlights of those we put on pedestals. Well, they had everyday faux pas, just like you and me. Well, not like you and me unless you have been shot in the butt. I haven't.

Follow a lighthearted recital of an embarrassing moment for Captain Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame. It is a very short-story, framed especially for the millions of genealogists and family historians who are writing their own family history.