Picked Off the Cherry TreeThe Life and Times of Robert L. Hamilton as told to Linda A. Hamilton. In Picked Off the Cherry Tree, Bob Hamilton recounts fascinating stories of a lifetime that started with his adoption and the challenges of growing up poor but loved in Indiana. Moving to Long Beach, California, he made lifelong friends, learned how the upper middle class lived, and blossomed into a leader. Thanks to his mothers insight, he was always going to college, even if no