At 21 Even The Greatest Among Us May Not Be Done Growing Up –
Part 3  Your Turn   In 1895, arriving from New York City,
Winston Churchill landed on the sweltering island of Cuba where
a revolution had dragged on for more than 30 years. Churchill’s
goal in going to Cuba was twofold: He was a soldier and wanted
to see what war looked like, but a second problem nagged at him.
His military salary after Sandhurst was a thin 300 pounds a
year. He thought he might perhaps wear two hats as he rode into
combat — the ornate helmet of a British cavalry officer, and
that of a journalist reporting the action to the people back
home. It seems a far-fetched idea, but one look at what
Churchill did with it says he was right. His list of books,
written exactly as he thought he might write them, shows
incredible foresight and ingenuity.  Cuba? Not much
accomplished. He managed to be shot at on his 22nd birthday, of
which he wrote to a small newspaper that had agreed to buy his
letters; he saw a few men get shot (none killed);