Ranchers, cowboys, liberated people, gypsies, free-spirited, nomads, these are the few people who live with their principles and confidence. Some events in life can lead them to stop that and start anew. Traveling freely, and becoming independent at an early age can see a pathway that he can only do and gain by himself. Pursuing a path of learning new skills or working at something he can do freely. In conclusion, we can say it’s either doing it unlawfully, but it is for the good of everyone or you’re doing it for your own desire. That’s what we will find out with Asa Duane Dunnington’s book.
Asa Duane Dunnington, Selectively Lawless: The True Story Of Emmett Long, An American Original, narrates about how frustrated with his status of life with his family, Emmett Long has decided to take a turn of his life and left to a place where he can someone who can establish his name. Money, power, and reputation are the kings of this book. It is the eagerness to fight for his life as he never let law enforcers stop his vices and ways in the
community that he has been living currently. But he made it a point in his life to stop it and renew himself, become a disciple of God and create his own beautiful family.
“Dunnington, Emmett Long’s nephew, does an excellent job of recounting his uncle’s colorful life of eight decades, which Long decided to reveal to him as the octogenarian neared the end of his journey.”
—reviewed by Philip Zozzaro, US Review of Books.
Selectively Lawless: The True Story OF Emmett Long, An American Original is a biography of Emmett Long written by his nephew. It showcases the freedom that Emmett Long wanted to achieve when he left his family.
Defying all odds for the betterment of his own and the people around him. It gives an Old West Side heritage setting. He created a legacy in the lawless era of America.