Photographs, Plate 3

[Photo of Ron's birthplace]
The hospital in Tilden, Nebraska, where L. Ron Hubbard was born in 1911. His aunt Toilie, who worked in the hospital, is second from the right. (page 12)

[Photo of a very young Ron]
Little Ron in a sailor hat. One day he would be the self-appointed commodore of his own private navy. (page 14)

[18-year-old Ron seated at typewriter]
The budding science-fiction writer poses at his typewriter during a visit to his parents on the island of Guam in 1928. (page 44)