Read the excerpt from "Fulton Fish Market."In the end, Alfred's patience and perseverance paid off. He became a full-time employee of Mr. Zanetti's, working for him for the next seven years. Many years later, when he was a grown man, Alfred Emmanuel Smith would go on to serve as governor of New York State. Smith, who never attended high school or college, liked to tell people that everything he needed to know about life he learned at the Fulton Fish Market.