Two Foot Fred: How My Life Has Come Full Circle

About this book

Country music celebrity Two Foot Fred shares his story of living with dwarfism overcoming odds and finding peace and success with a positive attitude. Country music celebrity Two Foot Fred shares his story of living with dwarfism overcoming odds and finding peace and success with a positive attitude. Despite his physical limitations from birtha form of dwarfism known as diastrophic dysplasia a cleft palate clubfeet and scoliosisFred Gill rose above his circumstances to graduate college and open his first restaurant by the young age of twenty-two. In 1998 Fred took what proved to be a life-changing trip to Nashville during the citys annual country music celebration where he met John Rich. That fateful meeting led to a regular job as Ambassador of Attractions for the band Big & Rich as well as to numerous country music award shows and other television programs. But while his successes are many Fred has had more than his share of challenges including a quarter-life crisis and troubles with depression alcohol and gambling. Like many other celebrities Fred worked to find peace turning to his small-town upbringing for solace and affirmation. Two Foot Fred shows that nothing can defeat you unless you allow it to and that our lives are simply what we make of them.