 But the way he overcame it, it's really extraordinary. He started out to use a contemporary word, disadvantage, to put it mildly. He was the son of a whore. He was married to a whore. He was surrounded by whores much of his early life. And he said they were some of the best people he ever met. When I say whore, he lived near Storyville, which was the legendary red light district of New Orleans.