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A family reunion

By Andrew Feldman

Thursday, August 3, 2006

Some people find music on the Internet, others dates, and a few find their dads. When Brooks Craig Rickard III was just 6 years old, his father, Brooks Craig Rickard II, left home. Filled with animosity and reinforced anger from his mother, Rickard III never wanted to speak to or see his father again. His mother received full custody of the three children, and his father left the picture. Although Rickard never spoke to his father again, the same wasn't true for his younger brother John ...

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