The Proud Coward A biography of a time when ones circumstances must be stood for or trampled on.

I remember growing up, driving down the road in Escalon, a developing housing community where ranches and almond groves were still dominant. Kenny Rogers was on the radio singing "The coward of the county," the words saying, "Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done. Walk away from trouble if you can. It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek. I hope you're old enough to understand. Son, you don't …

…the Kenny Rogers song, it ends with Tommy the son selflessly standing up for his girl, Becky, explaining to his father, "I promised you, dad, not to do the things you done. I walk away from trouble when I can. Now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn the other cheek, and papa, I sure hope you understand. Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man." "Everyone considered him the coward of the county."