Chapter 1 general info
The ancestor of the Howard family is the oldest member of mankind and has a wealth of life experience.His identities include Woodrow Wilson Smith, Ernest Gibson, Captain Aaron Sheffield, Lazarus Long, "Happy" Dez, Seraphim Jr., Arbiter of Heaven and Earth and the Archbishop of the One True God, the Outcast Convict (No. 83M2742), Judge Reynolds, Corporal Ted Branson, Dr. Raffey Hubert, etc.This report is compiled mainly based on his own statements at different places and at different times, with a large amount of material from the Howard Rejuvenation Clinic in New Rome, the planet of Secundus, in the year 2053 after the Diaspora (AD 4272) - supplemented by various letters and eyewitness accounts.Afterwards, under the guidance of the directors of the Howard Foundation, the Howard Archivist, who has been honorably retired, sorted out, compared, and compressed the above materials, and made them as consistent as possible with the official records and the history at that time.The historical importance of this report cannot be overstated, despite the fact that the archivist has left on the record some glaring falsehoods and unsubstantiated claims, as well as many anecdotes that are unsuitable for young people and transcend moral boundaries.