The author is a Vietnam combat vet who was born and raised in the sparsely populated Allegheny Mountains. He lived through much of what occurs in this book and the characters inhabiting this book could actually live in those mountains.

The author is a Vietnam combat vet who was born and raised in the sparsely populated Allegheny Mountains. He lived through much of what occurs in this book and the characters inhabiting this book could actually live in those mountains.