Oh My Brother is a series of true stories that have now become chapters in what is a fragment of Tom Allen's memoirs. This is the story of twenty months of Tom's life when he was nineteen years old in September of 1971 through April of 1973. Tom Allen is a storyteller. He began exchanging stories with a friend from Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia. His friend encouraged Tom to collect these particular stories, put them in chronological order, and expand the storyline. Oh My Brother is the culmination of Tom's storytelling.