Kirk Ward Robinson has traveled throughout North America and Europe and has lived in every continental American time zone. He is an avid hiker, bicyclist, and outdoorsman. He has seen the aurora borealis above the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, found petroglyphs in remote Arizona canyons, thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail twice, section-hiked portions of the Pacific Crest Trail, crossed the Pyrenees and the Alps on foot, and has bicycled thousands of miles across regions of the United States and Europe. Robinson has worked as a chief operating officer, bookstore manager, database manager, stagehand, bicycle mechanic, and executive director of an educational non-profit organization in cooperation with the National Park Service. Robinson lives and works on a small farm in the hills of Tennessee. Founding Courage is the second book in Robinson's Founding Trilogy. www.foundingcourage.com