Si-Cology

Si-Cology

By: Silas Robertson

“Hey jack!” I bet you’ve heard this before. Si Robertson’s book Si-Cology is an autobiography about Si’s life. Si's book has five main stages in his life. For anyone who doesn’t know who Si is, he is the uncle to Willie Robertson, the main character in the T.V. show Duck dynasty. Si is also a Vietnam veteran. He is very funny and has the habit to stretch the truth. He has also become the majority of the T.V. shows viewers favorite character.        

Si’s book gives stories and memories from his entire life. Si talks most about his child hood, tagging along with Phil and Tommy (Si’s older brothers) hunting squirrels, ducks and fishing. Si had many siblings, but he mainly stuck with Phil and Tommy. Si, Phil and Tommy hunted and fished every chance they got. Some times this got them in trouble; they often hunted on private property. In Fact Si’s mom went to a farmer’s house to sell baskets to the farmer’s wife. When she arrived the farmer told her that her boys had been hunting on his property. She apologized and told the farmer she would tell them to stop, but the farmer said that the boys had his full permission to hunt on his land. But he told Si’s mom not to tell the boys because he enjoyed chasing them off his land.

As a teen Si played football, but wasn’t as good as Phil who had a chance to be in the NFL. He was a semi good student, getting mainly C’s on his assignments. Si mainly stuck to fishing and hunting ducks. Si actually spent most of his time fishing. Si loved to fish and hunt squirrels.

  Si never wanted to go to college, but his parents forced him to. He spent his collage day partying and hunting. He went hunting and fishing most day and partied at night. The one time Si actually tried to do well on was his last test of the season which he got a high C on. Si then dropped out and moved back in with his parents.

Quickly after Si dropped out he was drafted into the army. Si’s army years are my personal favorite. He tells of working in the sniper tower, to driving 18-wheelers, and being on guard duty. Si also got in rock fights with Vietnamese children. One day while he was sitting in a tower a rock struck him in the temple. The next day he brought a sling shot and a bucket of rocks with him and when a rock hit him he opened fired.

 Last but not least Si tells about when he meets his wife. He and She were married and had two kids, Judy and Scott, who both were much like their father. Judy however was very intelligent and was even accepted to a school in England. Scott, on the other hand has autism. Scott wanted to be like his dad so his dream was to be in the army like Si, but the army doesn’t accept people with autism. Although he had problems, Scott actually recovered from theses and was accepted into the army. How he was accepted, Si doesn’t know but Scott did say to him in a letter “What they didn’t ask, I didn’t tell.”

Si’s book has hundreds of more stories than the ones listed in this review. Anyone who has a kindle or any other reading device, I highly recommend this book. It’s funny and gives the reader some background knowledge about America’s favorite uncle, Si.