Bob EagleClaw (his Native name) Parkins holds a Ph. D. in Administration and Management; a Master of Science, Environmental Studies, and a BA in History. This is his first novel, although he has been writing most of his adult life, including as a former newpaper reporter for the the Charleston Gazette; short stories; technical and professional published articles; adn, other categores of writing ranging from proposed legislation to, as this autobiographical novel suggest, legal docuemnts. He is an environmental hazrdous materials and site studies scientist; is an environmetnal science adjunct professor the past seven years at Wheeling Jesuit University; and teaches periodically at other locations on environmental and other topics. He has three grown children and three grandchildren.