A CarpenterThe Author has spent over 50 years in the Building Industry. He has been a founding principal in 4 successful companies. He is a student of American History, with a special focus on the founding fathers and events from the Revolution to the establishent of the Constitution. He has also studied many influential historical persons, their lives and contributions to our great nation. He is a descendant of pioneer stock who braved the wilderness and by means of hard work and sacrifice established homesteads and developed farms from virgin ground. Although these progenitors lived in primitive conditions, earning their bread by the sweat of their brows, they were intelligent, refined, and self-educated. They sought for self-reliance and to be honest, contributing members of their communities. His parents both grew up on these farms, and although he lived principally in the city, he spent much of his youth on farms and in the mountains. This heritage has made him a social amphibian, equally comfortable in the company of the manual laborer, as well as the elites of society. He has 6 sons and 20 grandchildren, and resides in the Southwest United States. Read More Read Less