Joseph Harold McCartney was a poet born in Santa Cruz, California on December 16, 1943 into a family of poor Irish immigrants.
He did not attend school past grade 10 and planned to pick grapes for the rest of his life.
This publication sold only a few hundred copies; nonetheless, Joseph continued to write.
Joseph continued to write and draw, publishing Four Backwards Men in a Coffee Mug (1968), the epic two-part Anteater's Paradise (1976), and the critically acclaimed [citation needed] The Anatomy of a Wallflower (1979).
The McCartney Association for Shruff's Disease Victims (MASDV) was established in 1997 to offer hope for those with the disorder.