The Unvarnished Truth

About the Book

In “The Unvarnished Truth”, Arnold Cross talks in detail about his first marriage. He tells of the problems that got worse and worse the longer they were married. He also tells more stories from his life: growing up in the Cumberland Mountains of East Tennessee; serving in the Air Force for 20 years and some of the characters and good friends he has known in the service; his second and third marriages; retirement, seeking out the type of work he wanted to do; finding his passion in woodworking, especially making F5 model mandolins.

About the Author

Arnold Cross was born in 1932 in the Cumberland Mountains of east Tennessee. He was raised on farms and learned to work on the farms at an early age. At seventeen he went to Indiana to work in a glass factory. In 1952 he joined the Air Force and spent twenty years traveling the world maintaining and flying on airplanes. He also work in Maintenance Control making sure every plane was airworthy and where it should be. He flew support missions into Viet Nam for the length of the war. After Arnold retired he worked for Square D Electric Company for five years. After that woodworking became his passion with building mandolins at the top of the list.